Using overcurrent protection for generator conductors

What does the NEC actually require in the way of overcurrent protection for conductors supplied by a generator?One of the more confusing areas of the Code involves the what, where, and when of overcurrent protective devices protecting conductors originating at generator terminals. We recently received a question as to whether any over-current protection was required at all for these conductors, and

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