[members-discuss] Input from Membership on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model

On 17/09/16 11:23, Radu-Adrian Feurdean wrote:

>> RIPE cannot and will not do this, let me explain why. According to RIPE, 
>> and most RIR's, their stance is that you do not "own" the IP addresses 
>> that are given to you, and that they can technically take them back at 
> 
> ... and then you have the transfer market, where people got IP addresses
> for free some years ago and now they sell them for profit. This the
> starting point of all this. Some LIRs do agree and support the "one does
> NOT own IPs" stance, other don't or no longer do. Generally those that
> need IP space tend to agree, those that have excess not. Of course there
> are exceptions....

The strict status is that LIRs have a right to use an internet resource
(they do not own it). They can transfer that right to use (but not the
resource itself).

Just trying to inject a bit of clarity.

Nigel