[address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Policy Proposal (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

Gert, 

	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net 
	> [mailto:address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net] On Behalf 
	> Of Gert Doering
	> Sent: 23 October 2007 11:26
	> To: Dillon,M,Michael,DMK R
	> Cc: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
	> Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Policy 
	> Proposal (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)
	> 
	> Hi,
	> 
	> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:16:11AM +0100, 
	> michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
	> > >     
	> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-08.html
	> > 
	> > In effect, this proposal enables a market for buying and
	> > selling IP address blocks.
	> 
	> It is envisioned that this market is going to happen, 
	> whether we like
	> it or not, and there is not much we can do against it.

That doesn't sound like vision. That sounds like apathy.

	> But in the case that this *is* going to happen, we 
	> would very much prefer 
	> to have accurate records on who is holding the 
	> address space - and this 
	> proposal is trying to build the basis for this.

This proposal enables the market. In the absence of this proposal, you
might find the courts are perfectly willing to support RIPE NCC's
position as the arbiter of due process, as has already happened in the
US for ARIN.

	> (We already have the means for resource transfers 
	> between LIRs, it's
	> part of the "merger and closures" document, but it's 
	> not very well-defined
	> in the case of two independent LIRs doing this 
	> without any "merger or
	> closure").

Not well-defined for very good reason, I'd suggest.


Mat