On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 06:06:09PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote:
The proposal would apply to allocations that were made in the past. When the RIPE NCC received a transfer request, we would check to see that at least 24 months had elapsed since the allocation was made. For example, a /22 allocation that was made 23 months before the proposal was accepted would have a waiting period of one month before it could be transferred.
I do not think the NCC should go down the road of applying policy changes ex post facto. A LIR can reasonably expect that conditions attached at the time of allocation/assignment of a resource would continue to obtain throughout the lifetime of that assignment. Why, a policy could be enacted that retroactively invalidates allocation/assignment criteria, resulting in LIRs having to return most or all of their allocations. Or, how a bout a retroactive charging scheme? In light of this, I will oppose this proposal. For what that will turn out to be worth. rgds, Sascha Luck