Hi all,

Dear Colleagues,

A new RIPE Policy Proposal has been made and is now available for discussion.

You can find the full proposal at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-01/

We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to <address-policy-wg@ripe.net> before 30 April 2012.

Regards

Marco Schmidt on behalf of the Policy Development Office RIPE NCC

i'm not really convinced right now about the proposal text (i do support the general idea though). My main concern is : "1. The IPv4 addresses will be used for business purposes and will not be sold within 15 months." Why on earth should only "business purposes" be a valid reason for acquiring legacy IP space by that policy? I don't like that wording. Why aren't NCOs or similar considered here? I come from a time where there wasn't any business on the internet, and i still like to think about all those non-commercial organizations out there (someone has to?). I guess, that's just a wording problem though no one really thought about it - or is this really intentionally? Or did i just get something wrong here? => I don't support the proposal with the CURRENT wording (or someone explain it to me) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards Sascha Lenz [SLZ-RIPE] Senior System- & Network Architect