[arin-ppml] DRAFT POLICY ARIN-2011-1: GLOBALLY COORDINATED TRANSFER POLICY (Legecy space)

[McTim]

Benson,

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Benson Schliesser
<bensons at queuefull.net> wrote:
>
> On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Bill Woodcock wrote:
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>> The RIRs themselves, and the IANA above them, are subject to the needs-based regime as well.  That's defined in RFC 2050, under which we all live.
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> The word "subject" above needs some definition - can you clarify?  Are you suggesting that there is some international law that requires IANA and all 5 of the RIRs to comply with RFC 2050?


More of a "norm" than a law of course.  The bottom line is that by
following these rules/norms/RFCs, the Internet has become what it is
today.

I'm not so keen on 2011-1, deckchairs...Titanic.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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