Zero ambient bounces for HB radiation analysis

This is correct!

This is correct for light sources. Sky is a glow material. The difference has been discussed online several times. To get started see page 20 of this documents: https://www.radiance-online.org/community/workshops/2014-london/presentations/day1/Mardaljevic_AmbientCrash.pdf

It is also discussed in this discussion on the forum: