Meaning of without commitment and without attribution
What does "without commitment and often without formal attribution" mean in the following sentence?
"In diplomatic parlance, a non-paper is a written proposal or set of ideas put forward informally, without commitment and often without formal attribution, as a way of engendering discussion or suggesting a basis for negotiation."

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It means they are just putting it out to talk about.  They will not commit to anything they wrote.  Saying without attribution means no ones name will be attached to it as the author.  So they might put forward a proposal to end world hunger but not want to agree to spend any money or have any ever accuse them of having said there shouldn't be hungry people.

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