[address-policy-wg] 2015-05

Am 21.10.2015 um 14:11 schrieb Ciprian Nica:
> The idea was that you can't just forbid the wave to hit you. Nobody can
> control the entire community and decide what will happen. RIPE
> (community) has decided to allow transfers as it would help ease the
> pain on those who really need IPv4 resources.
> 

Don't get me wrong, but I think we are in some kind of dilemma here. Many knew this would become a free lunch, so why
vote against it?

> Do you think that UK's DWP would have ever given resources from their /8
> to the community if there were no millions to make out of it ? Maybe
> some would be willing to give the IPs back to the community but usually
> there are some internal costs to release them.
> 

"With great power comes great responsibility.". Unused space has to be returned to the registry for free, as the initial
requirements for the assignment are no longer met. RIPE should audit and enforce it - just start by grabbing all
listings on the transfer market *g*.

> And if you are refering to brokers like me, we are only intermediating
> transactions, most of us are just creating links between buyers and
> sellers and assist them to properly complete the transactions. Yes we
> are making a living out of it but it's for the benefit of both seller
> and buyer and we don't make the decisions on their behalf.
> 

It's not against your business, it's against the current policies.

Corin