[address-policy-wg] IPv4 Maintenance Policy

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> the space referred to is allocated to (or administered by if you prefer)
> ripe. reverses for this space are delegated to ripe (one single

[Milton L Mueller] It wasn't allocated by RIPE. Read the definition of "legacy." 

>alternate service providers can't delegate from this space.

[Milton L Mueller] They don't have to delegate, the space has already been delegated to a legacy holder.

> to choose an alternate provider for reverse delegation, the ip space in
> question will have to be returned, and a new allocation (from the
> alternate reverse delegation provider) will have to be done.
> would work nicely: the 'legacy' is removed, the user will get a normal
> new allocation. everyone should be happy with such a case.

[Milton L Mueller] thanks for demonstrating the distance between your worldview and reality in concrete terms.

> all this aside: you seem to try to express the 'threat of competition'.
> ripe isn't a business. there is no competition. ncc coordinates for the
> community, that's all. in case of users where it's actually an option to

[Milton L Mueller] DNS wasn't a business in 1995. Then it was. 

> on the other hand, dropping the paragraph or the whole legacy paragraph
> is probably best anyway.

[Milton L Mueller] Here we may agree. Let's focus on that.