[address-policy-wg] 2015-01 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 02:51:25PM +0200, Sebastian Wiesinger wrote:
>This policy does not change anything in regarding to the IP objects.
>It changes the transfer requirements. A transfer that has *not yet
>happend* can not be affected "ex post facto".

If the transfer policy were a document in its own right, I accept
that I wouldn't have a leg to stand on. However, it's contained
in the "Allocation and Assignment Policy" which is something I
agree to abide by in a contract. I am not worried about 2015-01
here as I am not even affected by it, I am worried about other
changes to the "Allocation and Assignment Policy" being applied
retroactively, using 2015-01 as justification (just as 2007-01 is
being used as justification for 2015-01). 

(FWIW, I think the transfer rules should be removed from the A&A
policy documents and promulgated in a new document, it would
lessen confusion and make changes easier)

>What you're postulating is something like "I should not have to go to
>jail for theft because theft was legal when I was born." No, you will
>go to jail if you steal something after theft was made illegal. So
>stop doing it and you're fine.

Actually, a much better analogy would be: "I should still be able
to sell something I stole while it was still legal" 

rgds,
Sascha Luck

>
>Regards
>
>Sebastian
>
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