On Thu, Jun 4, 2026, at 12:21, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> * If, however, a substantial part of the document was created by AI 
> this must be disclosed, typically in the Acknowledgements section. This 
> requirement is to avoid any confusion about the authorship of the 
> document and to ensure that its readers are not misled.

Why let people duck responsibility that way?

Every use of AI disclaimers I've ever seen was used in an attempt to avoid 
taking responsibility for the text.  That can be OK in some contexts, but if we 
are talking about contributions to RFCs, this sort of requirement only shields 
people from owning up to the words they are asking the community to publish.

I'd prefer if there be a *prohibition* on such notices.  

That might also justify prohibiting this acknowledgment:

   This document was prepared using 2-Word-v2.0.template.dot.

As a reader of an RFC, I almost negatively care about the tooling in the 
general sense.  There are places where tooling is important context, but those 
would be exceptional circumstances, not the common case (I've mentioned tooling 
in RFC 8448, for example, as it is relevant in that case).

> I definitely don't think the RSWG should get into a discussion of 
> copyright, 

I don't think we can avoid it entirely, but it seems sensible to keep it out of 
scope for this effort.

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