As Gert said, let's apply
a policy change back to 1/1/21. If someone wants to challenge it in
court...let them name and shame themselves. As a community/membership
we should be willing to stand by our principles of fairness and let
the RIPE NCC go to court to defend these principles. While IPv4 is
still in use and essential for genuine new startup businesses, let's
stand up to those who are playing these games for profit...for the
good of the internet.
...
I am going to go one step further than Gert's proposal. Let's suspend
the current policy pending a review. In other words, freeze the
allocation of /24s. I am sure there is nothing in the PDP or anywhere
else that allows for this. But there probably is nothing that
disallows it either. Again let's have a legal review and take bold
action.
These suggestions seem to combine nicely with a 60-month block on transfers (including M&A) or permanent block of transfers (including M&A).
I'm a bit hesitant regarding blocking M&A, but a 60-month block of M&A handover would probably suffice.
So, to sum up what I think sounds reasonable (the list is not an "or"-list, it's an "and"-list):
A) IPv4 address space allocated this year, and for the future, will be non-transferable.
B) IPv4 address space allocated this year, and for the future, will not be transferable via M&A for 60 months after allocation.
C) IPv4 waiting list priority follows the size of existing allocations for the LIR. The lower amount of allocations, starting with zero, the higher the priority. The next priorty level can gain resources if an only if noone of higher priority is waiting for resources.
D) When considering existing allocations for prioritizing the waiting list, also consider other LIRs within the same corporate structure as the same LIR.
Process steps:
1) Freeze the allocation of IPv4 address space as soon as possible.
2) Prepare new policies for allocations, transfers, and M&A.
3) Unfreeze allocation when the new policies are in place.
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Jan