Donald, Eliot,
From your replies, it sounds like the conclusion is to move G. Fowler from the
author list to the Acknowledgements. We have done so and have added a sentence
as follows; please let us know any further updates.
Significant contributions were made by Glenn S. Fowler.
Alternatively:
Eliot, for your awareness, there exists an option where you (as stream manager)
approve the document in place of the missing author -- and they remain listed
as an author (i.e., their name remains in the document header). This is option
3 here: https://www.rfc-editor.org/faq/#missingauthor
This option might be appealing because the algorithm's name is from the
authors' surnames, as Donald pointed out.
The revised files are here (please refresh):
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.html
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.txt
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.pdf
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.xml
This diff file shows all changes from the approved I-D:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-diff.html
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
This diff file shows the changes made during AUTH48 thus far:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-auth48diff.html
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by side)
This diff file shows only the changes since the last posted version:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-lastrfcdiff.html
We will wait to hear from you again before continuing the
publication process. This page shows the AUTH48 status of
your document:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9923
Thank you.
Alice Russo
RFC Production Center
> On Feb 8, 2026, at 12:19 PM, Donald Eastlake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Eliot,
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot
> Lear) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> It's time to move on. Generally it's bad form to publish a document without
>> the approval of a co-author, and I would not like to break that precedent
>> (there are exceptions, like if someone has died and next of kin agrees- as
>> you know this has happened once or twice). What happens next depends on Mr.
>> Fowler's contribution:
>>
>> If he contributed substantial amounts of text outside of the code, then I
>> would want a single editor listed and all others moved to a contributors
>> section. An explicit statement that Mr. Fowler could not be reached to
>> approve this publication should be mentioned.
>
> I wrote most of the text although initially much of it was adapted
> from the FNV website which was, I believe, primarily written by
> Landon. As additional material was repeatedly added to respond to
> various comments and requests, the percentage of the text that was
> material adapted from the website declined. The order of the first
> three front page authors is alphabetic which is the order the first
> letters of their family names appear in "FNV".
>
>> Assuming that the code snippets are based on the Github Repo code from lcn2,
>> then there are no licensing issues, and an appropriate acknowledgment is
>> sufficient. Otherwise, I'd like to be clear as to the code's origin.
>
> I assume you are talking about the C code rather than the few lines of
> pseudo-code. The C code was written by myself and Tony Hansen who have
> both approved the draft. None of it is from Github.
>
>> If Mr. Fowler contributed only to the algorithm, and not to the code, then
>> an appropriate acknowledgment is sufficient.
>
> I believe that to be the case.
>
>> Even at this late date, if Mr. Fowler approves, I am happy to also approve.
>> But that has to happen PRONTO.
>
> Thanks,
> Donald
> ===============================
> Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
> 2386 Panoramic Circle, Apopka, FL 32703 USA
> [email protected]
>
>
>> Eliot
>>
>> On 04.02.2026 03:30, Karen Moore wrote:
>>
>> Dear Phong,
>>
>> Thank you for your reply. We have noted your approval on the AUTH48 status
>> page for this document (https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9923).
>>
>> We now await Glenn’s approval as well as the final ISE approval of the
>> document from Eliot.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Karen Moore
>> RFC Production Center
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2026, at 2:09 PM, Phong Vo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I have reviewed draft RFC 9923 and approved it.
>> Phong Vo
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear)
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Mssrs Fowler and Vo
>> The RFC Editor has requested your review and approval of draft RFC 9923.
>> All authors must approve this work. If you do not wish to be listed as an
>> author, you may reply to this message saying so, in which case I will work
>> with the RFC Production Center team to make appropriate edits so that you
>> are still credited with work, but as contributors.
>> Otherwise, please take a little while to review each of text, html, and PDF
>> the files below and indicate your approval or what changes you would like to
>> see. A lot of work has gone into getting the document to a publishable
>> state. It's time to finish the job.
>> Thanks much for your prompt attention to this matter.
>> Eliot Lear
>> Independent Submissions Editor
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.txt
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.pdf
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.html
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923.xml
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-diff.html
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-auth48diff.html
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-lastdiff.html
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-lastrfcdiff.html (side by side)
>>
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-xmldiff1.html
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9923-xmldiff2.html
>>
>
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