[address-policy-wg] [policy-announce] 2013-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

Hello McTim,

> I don't think shifting to a market based allocation/assignment system
> is good stewardship.

As I've mentioned in my reply to Sylvain Vallerot already, 2013-03 does
not cause the founding of an IPv4 market. The IPv4 market is already in
place and its existence is sanctioned by the RIPE NCC:

http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/listing
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/ipv4-transfers/brokers
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/ipv4-transfers/table-of-transfers

> In addition there are multiple issues listed in the Impact Analysis
> that cause me great concern.  The primary issue there is
> incompatibility with other regional transfer policies.

2013-03's proposed policy is no more or less compatible with other
regional transfer policies than our current policy is. They are both one
hundred percent incompatible, because there is no inter-regional
transfer policy in place in the RIPE region to begin with, and this
situation does not seem likely to change anytime soon.

If we in the RIPE community decide one day that we do want an
inter-regional transfer policy after all, we could very well create it
so that it ensures perfect compatibility with all other regions'
policies. Even if that in the extreme case would mean reverting 2013-03
word by word.

Best regards,
Tore Anderson