[ncc-services-wg] Policy proposal for services to legacy Internet resource holders

On 29/08/2012 10:18, Jim Reid wrote:
> On 29 Aug 2012, at 10:05, Gert Doering wrote:
>
>> ERX space has not been given out under RIPE policies, so they do not
>> apply.  Period.  There is no law, legal contract, or anything else that
>> would make RIPE policies automagically apply to ERX space
>
> +1000.
>
> It's a great pity the recent policy proposal doesn't use those very 
> words.
>
>
This actually raises an interesting issue. Are there any circumstances 
in which RIPE policy would apply to legacy space? Could, for example, 
the AP-WG unilaterally propose a policy that annexed legacy space? I've 
heard this suggested several times. And of course, if RIPE policy 
doesn't apply to legacy space, why are the legacy holders raising a 
proposal at all?

Nigel