[address-policy-wg] 2016-03: trading the last /22?

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:23:12AM +0100, Jim Reid wrote:
> > On 20 Jun 2016, at 10:16, Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> > 
> > - do we want to restrict trading of "last /8 policy" /22s, yes or no?
> > ...
> > But do not complain about the potential consequences, please just answer
> > the question.
> 
> No. Maybe. Depends.
> 
> If we do tweak the current policy, there???s one consequence that has to be considered though: the integrity and accuracy of the RIPE database.

Of course, right you are.  Changing policy must not be done without 
considering the consquences, and I did not want to imply that.

The problem with this thread, though, is that people have been complaining
about lots of implicit things, which might or might not actually *be* a 
consequence of the change (like, stuff no longer present in v2), without
bothering to consider the proposal itself.

And this, frankly, is just a little bit annoying.

(Regarding the DB accuracy, I think Sander has answered this upthread 
in a way I find convincing: if trading for these /22s is limited, of 
course someone who trades "under the desk" will not be able to update 
the registry, so potentially someone else uses the /22 and can not document 
that.  Would I buy a /22 that I can not legally transfer into my LIR?  
No, because I'm all at the mercy of the seller - if he closes his LIR, 
"my" /22 is gone.  So I'd go and find a unencumbed /22 on the market - and 
in my book, this would mean "mission accomplished, trading discouraged")

Gert Doering
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