[ipv6-wg] Free GUA space for community projects [CfP/RFC] (was: Minutes from the IPv6 WG @ RIPE 83)

Hi Nico,

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 6:24 AM Nico Schottelius via ipv6-wg
<ipv6-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
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> Good morning everyone,
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> a follow up from the RIPE83 IPv6 WG meeting: I had a few talk afterwards
> and at I got the feeling that "not to ULA, but to GUA" would be the most
> sustainable way forward.
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> ## Motivation
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> The Motivation is:
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> - with GUA, potential connectivity to the Internet later does not
>   require renumbering
> - with GUA, reverse DNS is easily possible

I don't understand the motivation. What kind of organisation would
have so much "not Internet connected" infrastructure that renumbering
would be a significant burden but not be able to afford the RIPE NCC's
annual membership fee? Looking at the fees published at
https://www.ripe.net/publications/ripe-ncc-organisational-documents/charging-schemes
they appear to have gone down over the last decade. Is there a class
of organisation that has lots of infrastructure but can't budget for
these relatively modest annual fees?

And if the registry or registries you propose are charging so much
less, or even free at the point of use, how can they provide a
resilient and robust set of registry and DNS services that will last
for as long as the users need?

I'd love to get a better understanding of the needs of the anticipated
user base and the risks that they need to protect themselves from.

Many thanks,

Leo