[address-policy-wg] declining 2012-01

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 06:09:21PM +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> i believe mueller's definition of a commons to be formally correct.
> but is arguing about the term of any constructive use?

It's not overly important whether we paint IP addresses red or blue, as
long as we agree what can be done with blocks of those.  So I agree
with you here :-)

Folks, we know that transfer policies are a very emotional thing - we've
been there in with our local transfer policy, and I think Remco still has
scars to show.  So maybe take a step back and ask yourself whether you
want a religios debate (which will not go anywhere), or whether we can
find a pragmatic solution together that takes reality into account.

So - I think it's unavoidable to accept that transfers *will* and *do* 
happen (if "IP networks as such" cannot be transferred, people will just 
trade parts of their company that happen to "own" the network resources).

So what we should focus on is

 - ensure that we know who has a legitimate claim to which network ("owns it")
 - ensure that this is properly documented in all involved RIR registries

Gert Doering
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