[address-policy-wg] Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources

> If the wording in RIPE stated the word "lease", why wouldn't 
> that work?  A customer comes and "leases" IP space from RIPE 
> for the duration of their contract with RIPE (membership 
> dues, fulfillment of rules, etc.)  When their membership 
> ends, the lease is broken and the IP space returns to RIPE.

People are talking about direct LIR to LIR transfers where
the IPv4 space does not return to RIPE.

> I bring your attention to:
> http://www.ripe.net/rs/news/global-ipv6-assign-2001-12-22.html
> 
> 4.1.  Address space not to be considered property

The transfer policies under discussion are for IPv4 only, not IPv6.

By the way, I agree that the best way to handle IPv4 transfers is
for LIRs to return surplus address space to RIPE and for RIPE to
allocate/assign those blocks in the normal way. The only real change
needed is to add some kind of first-come first-served rule in case
the demand for IPv4 is higher than the supply.

--Michael Dillon