[arin-ppml] Sections 6.5.1.a and 6.5.1.b - More section 6 Potential simplifications from the NRPM Working Group

[John Curran]

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 6:57 PM, owen at delong.com wrote:
> 
> At the time, the concept of address registration without network services by other than RIR had not occurred to me

Owen - 

Whether it occurred to you or not is immaterial.  The fact that there is an actual difference in scope between the scope of the two terms is rather important. 

ARIN does not maintain your presumed scope of the Section 6 LIR equivalence language when considering applications under NRPM Section 4.1.8 / 4.2 (“Allocations to ISPs”) — rather ARIN continues to use the community’s present “ISP” definition contained in the NRPM definitions section.   

Changing this ISP definition can indeed impact policy implementation beyond what an errata can (or should) address.   So, while that should not inhibit policy (or language) changes if sought by the community, it does highlight the need for the community be quite explicit in its desired policy outcomes.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers