[db-wg] NWI-13 Geofeed Legal Analysis

On 29 Jul 2022, at 15:22, denis walker wrote:

> Hi Niall
>
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2022, 14:42 Niall O'Reilly via db-wg, <db-wg at ripe.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> On 29 Jul 2022, at 1:55, Randy Bush via db-wg wrote:
>>
>>> the purpose has been for operational use since dirt was invented.  
>>> the
>>> geofeed: attribute points to data which operators, namely content
>>> providers, need.
>>
>> That seems to me to fall within the scope of the purpose
>> "Facilitating Internet operations and coordination" mentioned
>> in ripe-767 at
>>
>> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-767#6-4-purpose--facilitating-internet-operations-and-coordination
>> .
>>
>
> Sorry Niall but what is written in ripe-767 is an interpretation of 
> the
> purposes by the members of the DBTF. Part of what they say is based on 
> the
> suggestion I gave them. The actual purpose is defined in the T&C and 
> is
> different to what is written in ripe-767.

Which reads, "Facilitating coordination between network operators
(network problem resolution, outage notification etc.)."

What Randy wrote, quoted further up, seems to me to fall just as
well within the scope of this statement of purpose.

What's your point?

Niall