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

There can be startups that get sold before 2 years and they would get
affected or companies that go broke and try to get back part of their
investment, but, as you saw, the guys that do circumvent RIPE policy
will still be able to do it, so it won't affect them.

Ciprian

On 6/9/2015 10:49 PM, Garry Glendown wrote:
> Guten Tag,
>> We all hate some things, wish for others... But making the life harder
>> is not equal to solving the problem.
> _WHO_ is this policy change affecting? Any legitimate business not set
> on circumventing RIPE policy will, as Ciprian wrote, become an LIR in
> order to use the IPs. And use them for 2+ years ... the only situations
> that come to mind in which an LIR might want to transfer their IPs is
> either if they are being bought (tough luck for the buying company, at
> least they will not be able to transfer ownership for up to two years),
> or if they go broke, in which case the IPs assigned wouldn't need to be
> available anymore ...
> 
> -garry
>