See my other comment. I find it distressing that multiple people here are evidently treating acknowledgements as implying that the acknowledged person endorses the end product. I mean, it might or might be true in this particular case, but the acknowledgement is no evidence either way.
(For my part, I’ve taken to using the formula “Thanks to [names] for critical comments on earlier drafts”, in an attempt to preempt this mistake. Not sure if it works.)
See my other comment. I find it distressing that multiple people here are evidently treating acknowledgements as implying that the acknowledged person endorses the end product. I mean, it might or might be true in this particular case, but the acknowledgement is no evidence either way.
(For my part, I’ve taken to using the formula “Thanks to [names] for critical comments on earlier drafts”, in an attempt to preempt this mistake. Not sure if it works.)