[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-174 Policies Apply to All Resources in the Registry

[Astrodog]

On 06/20/2012 12:04 PM, Chris Engel wrote:
>> [Milton L Mueller] It's very good that you understand the distinction
>> between what ARIN's legal rights are and what good policy would be. Those
>> who believe that ARIN should not record legacy transfers need to tell us
>> what the policy rationale is. What good does such a refusal do? What harms
>> might come of it? That would be an intelligent topic to discuss. If your
>> concept of "doing good" means: "I hate those f**ing legacy holders and think
>> they should be punished for not playing our 8.3 game" or "I want to punish
>> people who make money from IP address trades," I suggest that this is not a
>> constructive policy.
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> My main contention is that if a "needs requirement" is a good/necessary thing for 8.3 transfers for non-legacy blocks then it's also probably a good/necessary thing for legacy blocks as well. Conversely, if waiving a "needs requirement" is a beneficial thing for the interests of the community as a whole in regards transfers of legacy blocks then it probably would be a beneficial thing to waive for transfers of non-legacy blocks as well. I see nothing fundamentally different about the nature of the address blocks themselves that would dictate a difference in the way transfers be handled for them.
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Exactly my thoughts on the subject.

--- Harrison