[address-policy-wg] opposition to 2015-04

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:44:05PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
>RIPE policy does regulate IP allocations and under what
>conditions you are allowed to have/transfer/etc them. I agree
>that RIPE policy cannot regulate an organisation's M&A itself,
>but what happens to IP allocations when M&A happens definitely
>is in scope.

RIPE policy has, until recently, explicitly recognised that M&A (and
what happens to resources due to those) is not in scope for the
PDP. It is only since "last /8" that certain elements of the
"community" have tried, by hook or by crook, to arrogate
themselves the right to decide what happens to resources in the
event of M&A.

rgds,
Sascha Luck


>
>Not expressing any opinion in favour or against, just clarifying
>scope :)
>
>Cheers, Sander
>