[address-policy-wg] IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)"

> And this is part of the problem.
> We won't be rolling IPv6 out ot 200 customers any time soon.
> So we can't get an allocation. Thus we can't run trials with IPv6.
> I really fail to see the reason behind the 200 other organisation rule - 

> perhaps somee one would like to explain the logic.

There is no logic to the rule.

You have come right to the crux of the problem. The rules make it 
unnecessarily difficult to get IPv6 addresses which makes it hard
for LIRs to get the addresses needed to run trials. If an LIR has
already justified an IPv4 address block from RIPE then they should
qualify for a block of IPv6 addresses. It doesn't matter how many 
IPv4 addresses they have or what plans they have for IPv6. Only one
thing matters: the organization has proven that they have a real
IP network and can justify receiving a RIPE IPv4 allocation.
This means that they are a real IP network operator. And since
all IP network operators will tranisition to IPv6 at some time
in the future, they should need no other justification for an
IPv6 allocation.

The same rule should apply in all the other 4 RIR regions.

The pseudo-logic behind this rule is that IPv4 addresses are
scarce therefore we have to be careful how many we allocate
and who we give them to. Since IPv6 is like IPv4 we also need
complex rules to limit who gets addresses. The flaw is that
IPv6 is not *LIKE* IPv4. It is a simpler and more flexible
version of the Internet Protocol that has a vastly larger
address space. The block of IPv6 unicast addresses currently
earmarked for the RIRs is only a small part of the total
address space. If we waste all of this by making dumb decisions
then we still have plenty of other address space to use
later on when we are wiser and have more IPv6 experience.

This means that the risk of doing the wrong thing is vastly
smaller than it was with IPv4. We should plan to err on the side
of simplicity and flexibilty, i.e. give everyone an IPv6 allocation
if they already have an IP network. There is very little downside
to doing this.

--Michael Dillon