@techreport{carpenter-rswg-authoring-ethics-05, number = {draft-carpenter-rswg-authoring-ethics-05}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-carpenter-rswg-authoring-ethics/05/}, author = {Brian E. Carpenter}, title = {{Guidelines for Assignment of RFC Authorship}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2026, month = jun, day = 20, abstract = {This document describes ethical guidelines for assigning authorship in RFC documents, including guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence during document preparation, and for inclusion of material from other documents. It also discusses the related issues of acknowledgements, editors and contributors. The various RFC streams are expected to apply these guidelines, and possibly define their own variations, which will have priority.}, }