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

On 29/08/2012 11:18, Carsten Schiefner wrote:
> Hi Nigel,
>
> On 29.08.2012 12:08, Nigel Titley wrote:
>> 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?
>
> maybe it should be looked at the other way round: that legacy space 
> holders as good netizens want to unilaterally move this address space 
> under a policy, given that the policy serves their needs and views?
Well, actually the proposal explicitly precludes moving the address 
space under normal address policy. It explicitly says that "...[such 
future revisions] must never restrict the rights of Legacy Resource 
Holders to their legacy resources."

Nigel