[address-policy-wg] 2016-04 Review Phase (IPv6 Sub-assignment Clarification)

On 08.11.2017 16:54, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
>> I don’t think reaching consensus in the PI/PA change will be so easy
>> in the “near future” (considering that it may require a long
>> implementation time), and a middle way proposal looks feasible to
>> me.
> but it's not a middle way: it's removing the block on sub-assigning to
> other parties, which is the thing that distinguishes PI from PA.

It's not, as that isn't a distinction; sub-assigning is blocked in general. Quoting https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-684#assign:

> 2.6. Assign
>
> To “assign” means to delegate address space to an ISP or End User for specific use within the Internet infrastructure they operate. Assignments must only be made for specific purposes documented by specific organisations and are not to be sub-assigned to other parties.

Regards,
-kai