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<p>Hi Noah,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019/07/02 14:04, Noah wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">We all know what clause 6.1 says but I can assure
you that Madhvi's team wont play until you prove that you have a
license from the local regulator if you intend to build an
Internet Infrastructure (ISP) on continent and need resources
for the case of an LIR.</div>
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<div class="moz-signature">This is factually incorrect and you are
welcome to go and ask Madhvi or her team about as like I have on
many occasions.</div>
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<div class="moz-signature">The registration services team asks for
licences (and various other information) as a convenient short cut
to gauge the legitimacy of an entities operations. The way this
has been requested in some of the response templates has implied
that this is a hard requirement but it certainly is not.</div>
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<div class="moz-signature">It is fairly common across the continent
to require some sort of licence to build Internet /access/
infrastructure. Many other kinds of Internet services exist that
don't require licensing such a hosting services and provision of
services within a campus or enterprise.</div>
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<div class="moz-signature">I can point you to examples of
universities, banks, content distribution networks, government
departments, email providers, airlines, insurance, energy,
logistics and retail companies who have all shown the hostmasters
that their operations do not require any kind of license and they
have legitimately received resources.<br>
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<span
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