[saag] Re: wpkops, "WebPKI" and citations

Michael Richardson <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:34:04 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.saag
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Watson Ladd <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Peter Gutmann <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >> We often need to talk about this, and I don't think we have a good
    >> >> definition/reference that we can cite.
    >>
    >> > What's wrong with Justice Potter Stewart's definition, who famously said:
    >>
    >> Sure.  Show me the bibtex or the kramdown entry for my I-D.

    > I don't get why citation is necessary here. Surely if we are all
    > familiar with it, or understand what it means, we need less of a
    > citation.

You try writing something random in an RFC that you are sure "we are all
familiar with"

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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide

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