[anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

Hi Denis,

Op 4 nov. 2015, om 18:17 heeft denis <ripedenis at yahoo.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:
> On 04/11/2015 15:32, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 12:05:28AM +0000, ripedenis at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>> the sponsoring LIR should be restricted to an LIR in the same
>>> geographical/political/language area as the end user resource
>>> holder. Otherwise it could render the whole notion of an LIR
>>> validating their sponsored user's data pointless.
>> 
>> IANAL, but I can't imagine that such a rule would even be legal
>> under EU legislation. Common Market, remember? Considering that the
>> Internet doesn't recognise any borders or
>> political blocs, this is one of the more outlandish suggestions
>> even for this forum.
> 
> That may well be right, but if the sponsor cannot understand the language of the resource holder the validation may not be very effective.

Don't mix up "geographical/political/language area" with "ability to understand". It's not uncommon for organisations that do business in a certain area to have staff that understands the geography/politics/language. You have even worked for one for many years :)

Cheers,
Sander