[ncc-services-wg] End User Agreement question

Janos Zsako wrote:

> Dear Hank,
> 
>>>> In our context the End User wants us to "park" an ASN under our
>>>> LIR.  Your interpretatio of "use" - "used to to identify a host" -
>>>> does not cover the ASN instance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Therefore it is clear that an ASN is not intended to be used
>>> "internally", moreover,
>>> you are not supposed to "park" it.
>>
>>
>> Obviously you did not understand what I meant by "park".
> 
> 
> You are right, thank you for the explanation. I had the impression that
> "parking" implied also that it will not be used (like parking a car:
> leave it somewhere while you do not use it).

...or parking a domain for later re-sale.
That was *my* association and interpretation of the use of "park". :-)

Wilfried.

> Anyway, it is clear that ASNs are also not meant to be used internally,
> as the legal counsel interpreted the wording used in the EUA.
> 
> Best regards,
> Janos
> 
>> There are many resources out there - listed in the RIPE whois DB,
>> actively being used, announced and routed on the Internet, but due to
>> historical reasons, those resources are not listed under any LIR -
>> they are just free hanging.  RIPE NCC has been sending out hundreds
>> (thousands?) of emails to all those "hanging" resources (mainly
>> historical ones) - informing them that the resource has to be listed
>> under a LIR and if not, it will be revoked.  For lack of a better
>> term, for a resource that exists, and is being used , and merely needs
>> to be "assigned" to some LIR, I have used the term " to park".
>>
>> Regards,
>> Hank
>>
>>
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