[address-policy-wg] 2016-03 Discussion Period extended until 15 July 2016 (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

> On 20 Jun 2016, at 09:04, Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> 
> But I'm close to giving up on this and calling a ban on further changes
> to the IPv4 policy

+1

> - the "new LIR" folks here are accting in a fairly
> irresponsible way regarding *future* participants, while at the same
> time complaining that they are treated unfairly by the old LIRs - totally
> ignoring the fact that *without the foresight of these old LIRs* you
> wouldn't have any space at all today.

Indeed. The irony of this is completely lost on these "new LIR” folks”.

A possible compromise might be a requirement for future IPv4 policy proposals to show that they do not disadvantage future participants or increase the burn rate of the remaining IPv4 pool. Same thing really.