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> On Jun 26, 2017, at 8:37 PM, Lu Heng <<a href="mailto:h.lu@anytimechinese.com" target="_blank">h.lu@anytimechinese.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> This policy is in direct conflict with transfer policy, if someone wants to sell their address space, they surely not commit to use it with the original purpose, should AFRINIC instead of allowing them to transfer the space, but reclaim them and redistribute them for "better use"? If that is the case, the transfer policy will have no use because of that.<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Woow</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So your worry is that someone will not be in a position to "sell" idle IP address space through the transfer policy?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I always thought the fundamental premise was for INR's to be allocated for use that can promote internet expansion rather than profit from INR's.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">On 12 Jul 2017 9:14 a.m., "Bill Woodcock" <</span><a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" style="font-family:sans-serif" target="_blank">woody@pch.net</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif">> wrote:</span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="m_-8202277799343177324m_-72423241648157182m_-438113077905070255m_3880804522376937682m_5231602837771167786m_-5839210114127796700quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I would just like to point out that the AfriNIC community does not exist to serve the financial interests of those who wish to sell addresses, rather than use them.</blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> + Bill </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And whoever in their wildest thoughts think the community shall seat back and see them trade IPv4 for any other reason beyond using them to build infracture and extend internet related services in AFRICA should brace themselves for now.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="m_-8202277799343177324m_-72423241648157182m_-438113077905070255m_3880804522376937682m_5231602837771167786m_-5839210114127796700quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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The AfriNIC community is the community of people who need IP addresses, in order to route them and give people access to the Internet. </blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">+1 Bill</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="m_-8202277799343177324m_-72423241648157182m_-438113077905070255m_3880804522376937682m_5231602837771167786m_-5839210114127796700quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The AfriNIC policy process exists to serve those who wish to _use_ IP addresses, not those who wish to profit from them at the expense of the community.<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">+1 Bill</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Especially those who wish to profit from INR's especially the so called IPv4 brokers. There is AFRINIC for goodness sake.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="m_-8202277799343177324m_-72423241648157182m_-438113077905070255m_3880804522376937682m_5231602837771167786m_-5839210114127796700quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div></div></div></div>