[address-policy-wg] 2012-01 New Policy Proposal (Inter-RIR IPv4 Address Transfers)

Hi all,

In general, I'm not sure what a transfer policy will accomplish that
can't already be done by an EU org becoming an ARIN (for example
member).  Lots of orgs in the EU are already members of other RIRs.

Obviously, it will enable the authors company to do more business, but
I'm not sure that is a compelling reason to adopt this policy
proposal.  In general, I am opposed to the notion of monetising IP
address blocks, a la domain names.  For the moment, i think I would
not be in support of this proposal.  I am willing to be persuaded
however.

I'm not too happy with the word "sold" or the 15 months limit.  If
this gets support, I would rather the word "transfer" be used and the
limitation on transfer be more like 36 months.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

On 4/2/12, Marco Schmidt <mschmidt at ripe.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A new RIPE Policy Proposal has been made and is now available for
> discussion.
>
> You can find the full proposal at:
>
>     http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-01/
>
> We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
> <address-policy-wg at ripe.net> before 30 April 2012.
>
> Regards
>
> Marco Schmidt
> on behalf of the Policy Development Office
> RIPE NCC
>
>
>