<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Adiel,</div><div><br></div><div>I am not reassured. Not that it matters much.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know Mauritius' legislation, or whether South African legislation applies but I do know that if I was a Director or Officer, I would make sure I knew.</div><div><br></div><div>In detail, because I really would not want my dong dinged... In either country.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>By the way it illustrates nicely that all and sundry can clamor about governance and regulation just because they can issue a subscribe command to a mailing list, whereas existing legislation may be blissfully ignored perhaps, even out of the most laudable intentions.</div><div><br></div><div>greetings, el</div><div>-- <div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from the iPhone of</span><div><div><div>Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br>On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:59, Ben Fuller <<a href="mailto:abutiben@gmail.com">abutiben@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>This is a naive position. What happens if Afrinic goes into receivership, has a court case, or some other legal matter against it? The database might then become a valuable asset that a court may decide needs to be alienated as part of a legal settlement. Before making such lofty promises about "mission and research purposes," it will be a good idea to take a hard look at the legal issues involved in the jurisdictions where operations take place. <div>
<br></div><div>Ben </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Adiel Akplogan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adiel@afrinic.net" target="_blank">adiel@afrinic.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 2012-11-02, at 12:22 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na">el@lisse.na</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> RIR data privacy is also an enourmously interesting issue,<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">there is a related proposal AFPUB-2012-GEN-002-DRAFT-01 still under discussion<br>
<a href="http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/702-regionalninternetnregistrynprivacy" target="_blank">http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/702-regionalninternetnregistrynprivacy</a><br>
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</div><div class="im">> but I was more focused on the "ownership" aspect of the data base.<br>
><br>
> I am not sure whether Adiel's summary statement of it being in the public domain, will stand up to challenge, because a non-profit might not be allowed to give (such) an asset away unless to other non profits.<br>
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</div>Be reinsured El, AFRINIC is not going to **alienate** its Database unless<br>
for activities inline with its mission or for research purposes. From where<br>
the discussion comes from (the WHOIS cleanup policy) my previous comments<br>
were more into the ability for members/community to freely and openly change<br>
the content of the WHOIS.<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
See <a href="http://afrinic.net/en/library/membership-documents/207-bulk-whois-access-form-" target="_blank">http://afrinic.net/en/library/membership-documents/207-bulk-whois-access-form-</a><br>
for more information about Bulk WHOIS request.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">- a.<br>
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