[address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 01:17:32PM +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote:
>> As for 2015-04, I oppose it as it tries yet again to bring M&A
>> under policy regulation (s. 2.2) which the community has no
>> business doing.
>
>Please educate me why the community has no business doing this.
>I would have thought that was well within scope for the address
>policy.

In market-based economies, M&As -including the disposal of
assets- are a matter for the parties involved and, occasionally, 
 a state regulator, which the NCC is NOT.
It is unthinkable in such a society that business decisions are
subject to the whim of random people on a mailing list. The
RIPE NCC recognises that and puts M&A firmly outside policy.
Where it should remain unless the desire is that every transfer
application or M&A notification start with filing suit against
the NCC.

rgds,
Sascha Luck