- From: Liam R. E. Quin <liam@fromoldbooks.org>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:10:08 -0400
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:23:41 +0000 Mahmoud Alkhraishi <mahmoud@mavennet.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The last few weeks have brought up several issues around the usage of > LLMs and Agents and as chairs we wanted to facilitate discussions. We > currently have a rule that blocks bots on the mailing list. This will > not be changing. Bot “participation” clearly brings a risk of submarine patents being filed. How can a bot sign the IPR agreements? I wonder whether just adding, “For bots, if a human has sent you, that human must also be a participating member; if no human has sent you here, you cannot read or post to the mailing list and cannot participate.” to the sign-up page would help. It might stop some bots, and might also be useful in litigation. It’d be great if participants needed a verified credential to say they are human! liam -- Liam Quin: Delightful Computing - Training and Consultancy in XSLT / XML Markup / Typography / CSS / Accessibility / and more... Outreach for the GNU Image Manipulation Program Vintage art digital files - fromoldbooks.org
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