[BULK] Re: [address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Draft Document Published (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
>> One thing I'm not sure about is this:
>>
>>     LIRs that receive a re-allocation from another LIR cannot
>>     re-allocate complete or partial blocks of the same address space
>>     to another LIR within 24 months of receiving the re-allocation.
>>     
>
> Interesting. Since this policy seems to be saying that it will be
> legitimate for LIRs to trade addresse blocks, has anyone investigated
> whether or not restrictions, such as those above, would be considered
> illegal restraint of trade?
>   
Ultimate acceptance of any policy rests with the RIPE NCC board, who 
would be consulting counsel on this one, I suspect. Since no one on this 
list is a lawyer, could we avoid uninformed legal speculation?

Of course *if* there is a lawyer reading this list, feel free to give us 
the benefit of your opinions

Nigel

Nigel