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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It is not only address policy they can veto. Correct me if I am mistaken, but I understood they can veto any policy they don't like. The internet is critical infrastructure that impacts the lives of almost every human on the planet (and non human lives). It is an essential tool but cyberspace is also a dangerous world. We should not have a group of untouchables in a system based on cooperation and consensus.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"<span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Either way it's irrelevant because it's not really possible to </span><div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">back out of this sort of policy arrangement.</span><br clear="none" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The most sensible approach in the circumstances is leave it and move on."</span></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This attitude will not work indefinitely. At some point legislators will step in. When you have the power to impose rules you don't need a time machine.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">cheers</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">denis</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 13:16:35 CEST, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Jim Reid wrote on 21/10/2020 09:32:<div class="ydp5afa714ayqt7624002230" id="ydp5afa714ayqtfd74222"><br clear="none">> Fair enough Shane. [Though I don’t agree legacy space is/was a<br clear="none">> mistake.] However nobody can rewind history. So until someone invents<br clear="none">> time travel, we just have to live with what you think was a mistake.</div><br clear="none">more to the point, the legacy policy resources document says that if <br clear="none">RIPE community policy is created or updated, it only applies to legacy <br clear="none">address space if the policy says so explicitly.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The consequence of this is that legacy address holders can easily veto <br clear="none">any future changes to legacy address policy that they don't like.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Some people think this is a great idea; other don't and feel this was a <br clear="none">mistake. Either way it's irrelevant because it's not really possible to <br clear="none">back out of this sort of policy arrangement.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The most sensible approach in the circumstances is leave it and move on.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Nick<div class="ydp5afa714ayqt7624002230" id="ydp5afa714ayqtfd51183"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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