[arin-ppml] 8.2 Transfers at ARIN

[Paul Vixie]

Owen DeLong wrote:
> ...
>
> If I were the allegedly acquired party and ARIN transferred my resources based solely on
> the statement of some $LARGE_CONVICTED_FELON_SOFTWARE_HOUSE officer, I’d be
> very upset if I hadn’t actually been acquired.
>
> I’m not saying that your company was attempting any wrong-doing in this case, but I will say that a
> document from an officer of the company which allegedly acquired the other company
> really shouldn’t be sufficient and I think that ARIN’s actions were absolutely correct if you
> didn’t have something more independent, like a bill of sale, court documents, or documents
> signed by officers of the acquired entity.

ARIN's duty to the community to keep these records correct requires no
less than what Owen is suggesting here.

vixie