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

hi!

> 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

actually this audaciously breaches policy.

if ips are not required anymore, their assignment expires. if an allocation is not needed by a lir anymore, it must be returned to the rir.

i'd suggest to take action to recover such ip space.

to address ipv4 depletion itself, i'd suggest to reevaluate (early) allocations on compliance with current policy, favourably in steps according to the current 'state of depletion' from rir allocations from /0 (ok we might skip that and i hope maybe even the next few ;) onwards. imho this should be done concertedly at the nro level.
that's actually a HUGE space we're talking about here...

regards,

	Chris