[address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Policy Proposal (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

On Mar 24, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Gert Doering <gert at space.net>
 wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 04:36:00PM +0000, John Curran wrote:
>> 
>> All address space in the ARIN region falls under ARIN policy.  
> 
> How did you get address space holders that never had a contract with
> ARIN to agree to ARIN policy? 

Gert - 

  IP address holders, regardless of their history, do not "agree to" 
  specific policies developed in any region...  What they do is agree 
  to participate in the Registry System and be subject to the policies
  developed by each community as a result.  

  In more recent years, this has been through formal contracts where possible, 
  but even a party that does not have a formal contract can chose to participate 
  or not.  You can use any numbers you want in your routers, but if you wish to 
  use numbers which are unique per the Internet Registry system, then you are 
  participating in the Internet Registry system, gaining the benefits thereof,   
  and therefore are subject to the policies used in its coordination & operation.

Hope this helps!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN