[address-policy-wg] Re: [policy-announce] 2007-08 Review Period extended until 9 July 2008 (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:31 +0200, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:
> PDP Number: 2007-08
> Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> The Review Period for the proposal 2007-08 has been extended until 9 July 2008.
> 
> You can find the full proposal at:
> 
>     http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-08.html
> 
> We encourage you to review this policy proposal and send your
> comments to address-policy-wg at ripe.net.
> 

The draft §5.5 says: "Demonstration of need for the address space by the
receiving LIR to the RIPE NCC is not required during transfers."

I belive terms should be the same for any allocation. I.e we may discuss
and revise the general terms that must be met to qualify for an
allocation, but should not make such an exception for transfers.

Then there are more general concerns; It has and will be discussed
whether the suggested policy serves to enable a market or not. It can
also be considered an attempt to introduce some form of market
regulation. Any way, this is a fundamental change of direction for the
RIR, and does imho deserve some serious thoughts and analysis of
potential implications:
 - Legal
 - Financial (liability for harm to business)
 - How to resolve desputes.
 - What mechanisms are necessary for efficient regulation.


Personally I'd prefer the present policies to continue, where a block
must be returned to RIPE before the NCC re-allocates according to normal
rules. That does not encourage the creation of a market, but has anyone
yet been able to precent viable plans for a scheme able to reclaim
enough addresses to support current network growth for any significant
time past depletion of the free pool?  


//per