[address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015, at 15:32, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote:
> This policy proposal tries to close the loophole where companies only 
> request the /22 in order to transfer it immediately using the transfer 
> policy.

If this is random/occasional behavior, this policy may be able to stop
or reduce it.
If this is regular (or even common) behavior, the policy may not help
very much (just push prices up a little).

> intention is to make a profit from (ab)using the policy, they can try to 
> merge the newly created LIR into an existing one using the M&A process/procedure.
> This last point is where I want to receive some 
> further comments/suggestions before deciding how to move forward.

Just pay attention not to have a very bad impact on real M&A. Some of
them may not fit the "classic" view of a merger/acquisition.