<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br>To begin with, the CPM is open to interpretation because it does not specifically indicate what is and is not permitted. As a result, let us stop treating certain people's ideas as facts and others' failure to comprehend the CPM.<br>Furthermore, aside from the fact that IP Leasing will be a more cost-effective option for organizations and businesses that require IPv4 immediately, there is an obvious reason for supporting IP Leasing, which is that purchasing an IPv4 is becoming more expensive, which may not be the best option for small businesses due to the cost of purchasing an IPv4. Large organizations, on the other hand, may find the cost of purchasing IPv4 to be reasonable, but leasing will remain an additional option for them, allowing them to be more flexible in their operations.<br>To summarize, everyone of us may handle things differently, but at the end of the day, we are still members who want the best for this community.<br>Regards,<br>Wijdane<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le sam. 3 juil. 2021 à 16:15, Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div>
    <p>Not trying to impose anything but trying to explain why this is
      something fundamentally wrong and why IP Leasing is not a valid
      justification for a resourse holder to keep their IP space. Me and
      other people already explained why IP Leasing is wrong but it
      seems you don't wish to accept it. Bottom line is that if that is
      the staff understanding there is nothing you or other members that
      have interest in leasing can do other than try to adjust the rules
      using the current rules to allow that which would be something
      really difficult to happen.<br>
    </p>
    <p>It is interesting that some same people who engaged in the last
      tentative of Transfer Policy Discussion that would allow legacy
      resource holders to retain their legacy status are now defending
      that IP Leasing it something normal and acceptable. What a
      coincidence !<br>
    </p>
    <p>Regards<br>
      Fernando<br>
    </p>
    <div>On 03/07/2021 01:22, Ibeanusi Elvis
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      <div>
        <div dir="auto">Hello Fernando</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">I don’t think you’re addressing my questions,
          rather, you have your set of belief (and we do have our way of
          thinking, which is fine, but we shouldn’t try to impose our
          thoughts on others when your say is a “point of view” rather
          than “a fact”) that IP leasing is wrong while overlooking that
          the fact that there is never a body that prohibits it. I mean,
          the CPM doesn’t - the law doesn’t - never really does except
          some sort of people simply “do not agree” because they think
          its “wrong”. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">The CPM doesn’t - </div>
        <div dir="auto">“If you don't see in the CPM and with the
          different explanations that have been given here in the
          discussion I am sorry you failed to understand (maybe because
          you or other do not wish to understand it). Perhaps you are
          expecting some specific set of words in the CPM that are not
          there, but the important part is staff to interpret that IP
          Leasing means the current resource holder is using the
          addresses in a different way from what they have been
          justified initially and resources may be subject to
          revocation. “ - if the CPM really does, then it shouldn’t be
          an “interpretation” or “explanation” but rather a clear and
          precise definition that “IP leasing” is not allowed. In fact
          what is the actual case is that the CPM, when it’s written,
          never take into account the situation of IP leasing. It’s just
          like people are trying to use Victorian laws to interpret
          modern matters, when the Victorians don’t even have that thing
          in mind. If I follow your logic, that we keep “interpretating”
          the CPM, then I’m sure 100 people will have 100 ways of
          interpretation. What is at stake here is that we don’t try to
          label opinions as facts.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Additionally, it’s been quite obvious that <span style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">a number of “senior”
            community members have the tendency to think what they say
            is right,  but that’s really not the case. The purpose of
            this community is to give people the ability to express
            their various opinions and not to dictate or impose their
            opinions as “right” on others. </span></div>
        <div dir="auto"><span style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div dir="auto"><span style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Elvis </span></div>
      </div>
      <div><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">
          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 7:30
            Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
          </div>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
            <div>
              <p>Some people seem to try to justify that IP Leasing as
                something normal "because they need or depend on that"
                or "because it earns money leasing addresses to other
                organizations" or "because it is a functional way to
                bypass the current exhaustion phases of some RIRs". None
                of that is a justification for something that keeps
                being wrong. It is not because it works well for some
                that it has to be something acceptable by the current
                rules. Depending on IP Leasing does not make it right or
                acceptable in terms of justification.</p>
              <p>If you don't see in the CPM and with the different
                explanations that have been given here in the discussion
                I am sorry you failed to understand (maybe because you
                or other do not wish to understand it). Perhaps you are
                expecting some specific set of words in the CPM that are
                not there, but the important part is staff to interpret
                that IP Leasing means the current resource holder is
                using the addresses in a different way from what they
                have been justified initially and resources may be
                subject to revocation. Can you justify resources saying
                you need them because you intend to lease them ? No you
                can't.</p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p><br>
              </p>
              <p>Fernando<br>
              </p>
              <div>On 02/07/2021 18:49, Ibeanusi Elvis wrote:<br>
              </div>
              <blockquote type="cite">
                <div dir="auto">Hello Fernando, </div>
                <div dir="auto"><br>
                </div>
                <div dir="auto">In your previous email, you outlined
                  “relying on the WRONG OPTION”. Again, like you’ve been
                  asked, what are you criteria or justification for what
                  constitutes a “wrong option”. Also, I don’t see where
                  the CPM prohibits IP Leasing and based on what you
                  said earlier, what about the consequences of the end
                  user losing connectivity?. </div>
                <div dir="auto"><br>
                </div>
                <div dir="auto">Elvis. </div>
                <div><br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">
                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 3,
                      2021 at 5:28 Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
                      wrote:<br>
                    </div>
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                      <div>
                        <p>Perhaps you may not be used with the way
                          numbering resources are allocated and must be
                          used. This is not a simple internal network
                          usage thing that any company can decide at
                          will.<br>
                          Anyone holding these resources MUST use them
                          in according to the current rules and MUST
                          justify and *keep justifying that usage*
                          permanently in order to be able to keep
                          holding those resources - which by the way is
                          not something the belongs to the organization.</p>
                        <p>Bizarre is to get resources form the RIR, not
                          use them for what they have been justified
                          originally and bypass that justification
                          giving them to allow someone to bypass the
                          current rules of a RIR.<br>
                          If any organization is holding resources which
                          it doesn't justify anymore it either gives it
                          back to AfriNic or transfer to another
                          organization who have usage and justify for
                          that.<br>
                          IP Leasing is a clear way to show the RIR and
                          Community that resource holder doesn't justify
                          to keep that IP space to anymore.</p>
                      </div>
                      <div>
                        <p><br>
                        </p>
                        <p>Fernando<br>
                        </p>
                        <div>On 02/07/2021 15:45, Mimi dy wrote:<br>
                        </div>
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <div dir="ltr">Hi Fernando,<span> </span><br>
                            <br>
                            I am wondering what basis do you use to
                            define “a wrong option”? And who gave you,
                            or me or the community the right to
                            determine how networks are used? Does the
                            CPM entitle us the right to tell a certain
                            company; “you have the option to use Inter
                            RIR transfer policy”? I may have missed
                            that, but please point out to me where the
                            CPM gives us  the right to intervene with
                            others and their networks just because we do
                            not like it.<br>
                            <div>That is just bizarre. </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Best,</div>
                          </div>
                          <br>
                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 2
                              juil. 2021 à 18:39, Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
                              a écrit :<br>
                            </div>
                            <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                              <div>
                                <p>So they are relying on a wrong option
                                  which should never have relied. <br>
                                  If they have needs for IPv4 (as
                                  everybody else) and they cannot get
                                  these addresses directly from the RIR
                                  as per the current rules which apply
                                  equally to everybody they have the
                                  option to use Inter-RIR transfer
                                  policy available on all other RIRs.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  If these organizations are from
                                  outside Africa region then it is even
                                  worst they grab unused addressed that
                                  were assigned to a local company to
                                  use somewhere else out of the region.</p>
                                <p>Not everything that is useful or
                                  convenient to some is correct and as
                                  such should e stimulated and IP
                                  leasing mean the current holder
                                  doesn't justify for those addresses
                                  anymore, so either it gives it back to
                                  AfriNic or transfer them definitely.</p>
                                <p>Regards<br>
                                  Fernando<br>
                                </p>
                                <div>On 02/07/2021 14:29, Mimi dy wrote:<br>
                                </div>
                                <blockquote type="cite">
                                  <div dir="ltr">
                                    <div dir="ltr">Hello Fernando, </div>
                                    <div dir="ltr"><br>
                                    </div>
                                    <div dir="ltr">
                                      <div>Many organizations rely on IP
                                        Leasing in order to acquire
                                        number resources quickly and
                                        affordably to meet their current
                                        and future needs. It is totally
                                        legit, especially during the
                                        IPv4 exhaustion phase, where
                                        resource scarcity represents a
                                        real issue for ISPs and
                                        network-holders in AFRINIC's
                                        service area.</div>
                                      <div>I find it absurd that you are
                                        arguing against IP leasing when
                                        it is a legal and accurate way
                                        to obtain IPs. Indeed, there are
                                        some malicious organizations out
                                        there misusing leased IPs, but
                                        that is certainly not the case
                                        for everyone, so no need to
                                        generalize. Consequently, you
                                        cannot really dismiss IP leasing
                                        using weak arguments as such. </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Since IP leasing is very
                                        helpful to numerous entities in
                                        the period of shortage of
                                        available IP addresses, and is
                                        certainly legal, I fail to
                                        understand why you are
                                        advocating against it. </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Best,</div>
                                      <div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Gotham,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></div>
                                      <div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Gotham,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
                                        </span></div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Gotham,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
                                        </span></div>
                                      <div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Gotham,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
                                        </span></div>
                                    </div>
                                    <br>
                                    <div class="gmail_quote">
                                      <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven.
                                        2 juil. 2021 à 16:48, Fernando
                                        Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com" target="_blank">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
                                        a écrit :<br>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well,
                                        like it or not but having a
                                        customer that is in the leasing
                                        <br>
                                        business may effectively change
                                        our opinion about some subject,
                                        even if <br>
                                        personally you wish it may not
                                        to.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Trying to find an exact 'ipsis
                                        literis' word in the CPM that
                                        fulfill or <br>
                                        not your expectations may not
                                        always work. There is always
                                        room for some <br>
                                        interpretation and staff is the
                                        one responsible to do that in
                                        this context.<br>
                                        For the absurd leasing
                                        possibility is very simple: if
                                        leasing proposes <br>
                                        cannot be used as a
                                        justification to receive a new
                                        block from the RIR <br>
                                        why would it be after you
                                        receive it and missuse it for
                                        different <br>
                                        proposes other than bring
                                        connectivity to your customers.
                                        In that sense <br>
                                        I really hope staff stand strong
                                        in revoking resources that are
                                        being <br>
                                        used for leasing proposes,
                                        different from what they have
                                        been justified <br>
                                        originally and if necessary
                                        fight in courts of Mauritius to
                                        have that <br>
                                        decision preserved.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        For out of the region usage
                                        there have been multiple people
                                        who showed <br>
                                        that is not currently permitted.
                                        Maybe you don't agree with that
                                        but <br>
                                        bottom line is that is what
                                        staff has been interpreting from
                                        the current <br>
                                        rules backed by what some of us 
                                        have put here based in previous
                                        messages.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Want to use AfriNic resources in
                                        a different region ? Simply
                                        transfer <br>
                                        them permanently using the
                                        soon-to-come Inter-RIR transfer
                                        policy and <br>
                                        bound to the rules of the new
                                        RIR.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Regards<br>
                                        Fernando<br>
                                        <br>
                                        On 02/07/2021 04:46, Owen DeLong
                                        via RPD wrote:<br>
                                        > Full disclosure: I don’t
                                        personally have a dog in this
                                        fight. I am personally<br>
                                        > agnostic as to whether
                                        leasing should or should not be
                                        permitted in a<br>
                                        > newly developed policy.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I do have a client that I
                                        consult for which is in the
                                        leasing business. It is my<br>
                                        > opinion that their leasing
                                        business is 100% compliant with
                                        policy as it is<br>
                                        > written and that if the
                                        community doesn’t like that
                                        fact, the community can<br>
                                        > and should certainly amend
                                        the policy to rectify the
                                        situation.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> On Jun 29, 2021, at
                                        03:08 , Frank Habicht <<a href="mailto:geier@geier.ne.tz" target="_blank">geier@geier.ne.tz</a>>
                                        wrote:<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >> Hi,<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >> On 29/06/2021 12:01,
                                        Owen DeLong via RPD wrote:<br>
                                        >>> nectivity customers
                                        or use out of the region as
                                        something "normal and<br>
                                        >>> acceptable".<br>
                                        >>><br>
                                        >>> Regardless of who
                                        does and does not benefit, the
                                        reality is that short<br>
                                        >>> of an actual
                                        government with the ability to
                                        enforce its rules using<br>
                                        >>> guns and prisons,
                                        people who can make a profit are
                                        going to do what<br>
                                        >>> they are going to
                                        do.<br>
                                        >> I need to break this
                                        down.<br>
                                        >> I'm working in my
                                        $dayjob for one of those
                                        companies that are after<br>
                                        >> $profit. What this
                                        company _did_ is subscribe to
                                        the methods and rules<br>
                                        >> of a Mauritius company
                                        called AfriNIC, in order to get
                                        Internet<br>
                                        >> Numbering Resources.
                                        And I think many of the AfriNIC
                                        members formally<br>
                                        >> subscribed to these
                                        rules. (And the rules are
                                        subject to change<br>
                                        >> according to PDP)<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >> These INR are provided
                                        to members per need and
                                        justification. Relatively<br>
                                        >> recently additional
                                        rules came into force that
                                        limited each allocation<br>
                                        >> to maximum /22 - this
                                        is how rules can change.<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >> INR are delegated to
                                        members that need them
                                        themselves, and AfriNIC<br>
                                        >> calls these members
                                        "End-User" members. They are
                                        also delegated to<br>
                                        >> members that provide
                                        internet access to respective
                                        customers, and<br>
                                        >> AfriNIC calls these
                                        members "LIR" members.<br>
                                        > You are close, but the term
                                        used in the bylaws is “open
                                        system protocol<br>
                                        > network services”. I am not
                                        sure why such awkward and broad
                                        language<br>
                                        > was chosen, but that’s a
                                        much broader definition than
                                        “internet access”.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > In the CPM, LIR is defined
                                        as “An IR that receives
                                        allocations from an RIR and
                                        primarily<br>
                                        > assigns address space to
                                        'end-users’. LIRs are generally
                                        ISPs. Their customers are other<br>
                                        > ISPs and possibly
                                        end-users. LIRs must be members
                                        of AFRINIC.”<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Again, there’s not a single
                                        word in that definition that
                                        ties it to connectivity<br>
                                        > services or internet
                                        access.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> I believe in all
                                        justifications for IPv4, LIR
                                        members request/require<br>
                                        >> the addresses to
                                        address customers, or servers,
                                        or VMs that get<br>
                                        >> connectivity services
                                        from the LIR member. And there
                                        is no problem with<br>
                                        >> that. LIR is in the
                                        business of making profit,
                                        providing connectivity,<br>
                                        >> hosting servers,
                                        services, needs IPs, gets IPs.<br>
                                        > Certainly this is the
                                        prevalent model, whether or not
                                        it is 100% pervasive<br>
                                        > I am not sure.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> There is a big
                                        difference to the case where an
                                        LIR member<br>
                                        >> - has IPv4 address
                                        space,<br>
                                        >> - is not using it
                                        themselves,<br>
                                        >> - not for connectivity
                                        (or hosting) customers<br>
                                        >> and has the IPv4 space
                                        used by "customers" that are
                                        only getting the<br>
                                        >> IPv4 space as a service
                                        - sold or leased.<br>
                                        > Is there? So long as the
                                        customers in question are
                                        justifying the space to the<br>
                                        > same standards that an
                                        end-user applying to the RIR
                                        would have to or to the<br>
                                        > same standard that would be
                                        required if they were also
                                        getting connectivity<br>
                                        > from the LIR, then what
                                        exactly is the difference?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > What if the LIR in question
                                        did announce the covering
                                        aggregates of space<br>
                                        > they leased and provided
                                        some minimal connectivity to the
                                        customer in question?<br>
                                        > Now they meet the
                                        definition you’ve provided
                                        above, but they’re not actually<br>
                                        > moving packets because the
                                        more-specific being announced to
                                        the customer’s<br>
                                        > higher bandwidth providers
                                        will win vs. the aggregate.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Does removing this
                                        connectivity fig leaf really
                                        change the nature of the<br>
                                        > assignment in a meaningful
                                        way?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> Is that the purpose for
                                        which the IPv4 space was
                                        obtained and justified?<br>
                                        > Since I don’t have access
                                        to anyone’s IPv4 justifications
                                        to AFRINIC in a<br>
                                        > manner which would allow me
                                        to comment publicly, I’m going
                                        to skip this<br>
                                        > question. Suffice it to
                                        say, I can imagine a number of
                                        ways in which this<br>
                                        > is possible.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> There are "rules" that
                                        say an LIR should notify when
                                        use of an IP block<br>
                                        >> changes.<br>
                                        > Yes. The rules are,
                                        however, ambiguous at best and
                                        it’s not clear at what<br>
                                        > level of detail a “change”
                                        is constituted nor is it clear
                                        whether an update<br>
                                        > to whois is adequate
                                        notification in most
                                        circumstances.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> I see a big difference
                                        between changes *within an LIR*
                                        and changes to<br>
                                        >> *use the IP space
                                        outside the AfriNIC member LIR*.<br>
                                        > So if I have space that was
                                        allocated to my LIR and I
                                        assigned it to<br>
                                        > customer A who is using the
                                        space in their network
                                        (technically outside<br>
                                        > of my LIR), but then they
                                        return the space when they get
                                        their own<br>
                                        > block and become a BYOA
                                        customer, my assigning that
                                        space to customer<br>
                                        > B for their use on their
                                        network (also outside my LIR)
                                        becomes a problem<br>
                                        > or change in the usage
                                        exactly why?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> With the first, I
                                        consider it generally accepted
                                        that justification remains.<br>
                                        >> With the latter, I
                                        believe that the *LIR that
                                        subscribed to AfriNIC<br>
                                        >> rules* has shown to no
                                        longer have the justification
                                        for these IPs for<br>
                                        >> connectivity and
                                        hosting, including "PA"
                                        customers.<br>
                                        > What if the justification
                                        in question was not
                                        “connectivity and hosting”?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > What if the justification
                                        was “Numbering hosts on customer
                                        networks”?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> The reason for doing
                                        the latter is obviously $profit,
                                        and yes - some "<br>
                                        >> are going to do what
                                        they are going to do ".<br>
                                        > The reason for the former
                                        was obviously profit, too.
                                        Nobody is in business<br>
                                        > to subsidize the benefits
                                        of others without making a
                                        profit.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> And what this community
                                        allows them to get away with.<br>
                                        > It’s not so much a question
                                        of “get away with” as “what the
                                        rules actually<br>
                                        > say” from my perspective.
                                        You may wish to argue that the
                                        intent or even<br>
                                        > the clear intent of the
                                        community is something else, but
                                        in reality, for rules to be<br>
                                        > useful, one must consider
                                        what the rules actually say, and
                                        not the current<br>
                                        > popular interpretation of
                                        intent around the rules.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Making it up as we go along
                                        has become somewhat of an
                                        AFRINIC tradition<br>
                                        > at this point, seemingly
                                        both in the staff actions and in
                                        the board, PDWG,<br>
                                        > community, and various
                                        committees.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > There’s also a pretty
                                        strong history of doing so being
                                        the source of a great<br>
                                        > many problems, so I
                                        continue to hope that we can
                                        learn from those mistakes<br>
                                        > and start actually
                                        following the rules as they are
                                        written and making the<br>
                                        > changes necessary through
                                        the proper processes when the
                                        rules do not<br>
                                        > meet the perceived needs of
                                        the current situation.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> To be Frank: I simply
                                        don't believe that<br>
                                        >> AS212552   
                                        "BitCommand" in Armenia gets IP
                                        connectivity services from<br>
                                        >> ... you know who.<br>
                                        > Honestly, I don’t know who,
                                        but it’s easy enough to look up:<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > <a href="https://bgp.he.net/AS212552#_irr" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bgp.he.net/AS212552#_irr</a><br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Says that they get apparent
                                        transit from AS64515 and
                                        AS24940.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > This seems to be borne out
                                        by <a href="https://bgp.he.net/AS212552#_graph4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bgp.he.net/AS212552#_graph4</a><br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> In other continents /
                                        RIRs the IPv4 space is finished.
                                        Noone has any<br>
                                        >> hope of justifying any
                                        with the RIR. Some have more
                                        than they need -<br>
                                        >> give or sell it to
                                        others that have "a need" and
                                        the market can probably<br>
                                        >> regulate that.<br>
                                        > ARIN is still issuing /24s
                                        under NRPM section 4.10, so
                                        that’s not entirely<br>
                                        > correct.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> But AfriNIC still has
                                        and is distributing IPv4 -
                                        should it do so by<br>
                                        >> "whoever pays most" or
                                        "everyone according to their
                                        need [upto a /22<br>
                                        >> ;-)]". Has it given
                                        IPv4 resources to members
                                        according to their<br>
                                        >> respective (perceived)
                                        needs???<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >> Wasn't one of the rules
                                        that the LIR was to use the IPs
                                        for the<br>
                                        >> connectivity (or
                                        hosting) services?<br>
                                        > I’ve reviewed the bylaws,
                                        the RSA, and the CPM pretty
                                        carefully. I couldn’t<br>
                                        > find a connectivity
                                        requirement other than one that
                                        calls for the numbers<br>
                                        > to be “routed on the
                                        internet” (which, btw, is a
                                        unique requirement in<br>
                                        > AFRINIC not present in
                                        other RIRs).<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> Are the rules still
                                        applicable?<br>
                                        > The rules still apply as
                                        written, but that’s the real
                                        sticking point. Do we<br>
                                        > want to focus on the common
                                        perception of what we think the
                                        rules<br>
                                        > say (as you have done
                                        above) or do we want to review
                                        the rules as<br>
                                        > they are written and call
                                        for the enforcement of those
                                        rules according<br>
                                        > to a plain text
                                        interpretation of their actual
                                        content?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> bit more below...<br>
                                        >><br>
                                        >>> I’m not
                                        particularly happy about this
                                        reality, but I do recognize that<br>
                                        >>> it is, in fact,
                                        reality and I’m not in favor of
                                        giving RIRs guns or<br>
                                        >>> the ability to
                                        incarcerate people. Contracts
                                        only get you so far and<br>
                                        >>> clever people can
                                        always find ways to comply with
                                        the letter of a<br>
                                        >>> contract while
                                        circumventing the other party's
                                        intent if they want to<br>
                                        >>> try hard enough.<br>
                                        >>><br>
                                        >>> So no, these are
                                        not “nice words”, they are the
                                        recognition of<br>
                                        >>> unpleasant and
                                        inconvenient truths that like it
                                        or not, we are faced<br>
                                        >>> with new realities,
                                        economic, technical, and legal.<br>
                                        >> Is one of these
                                        realities that an LIR got
                                        resources from AfriNIC for<br>
                                        >> providing connectivity
                                        (or hosting) services, and now
                                        these are no<br>
                                        >> longer in place?<br>
                                        > I have no knowledge of such
                                        a situation, but in truth I have
                                        not read<br>
                                        > the original justification
                                        for the space issued to the LIR
                                        I think you<br>
                                        > are referring to.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >>> In many countries
                                        legal frameworks the lack of a
                                        transfer policy<br>
                                        >>> allowing
                                        registrants to monetize the
                                        transfer of their registrations<br>
                                        >>> could be considered
                                        either restraint of trade or an<br>
                                        >>>
                                        anti-trust/anti-competitive
                                        matter.<br>
                                        >> the fact is that these
                                        numbers should be unique and
                                        centrally managed.<br>
                                        >> These anti-trust
                                        lawyers can send a better
                                        proposal for managing them.<br>
                                        > The ability to sell one’s
                                        registration to another does not
                                        in any way impinge<br>
                                        > the central management of
                                        numbers for uniqueness.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> The question is whether
                                        "according to need" or
                                        "according to whoever<br>
                                        >> offers more $$".<br>
                                        > This assumes that monetized
                                        transfers and/or leasing cannot
                                        be done<br>
                                        > on the basis of need, which
                                        is a false premise. To the best
                                        of my knowledge,<br>
                                        > Larus is quite scrupulous
                                        and detailed in collecting need
                                        justification from<br>
                                        > customers prior to issuing
                                        addresses to them. That is
                                        certainly the written<br>
                                        > company policy and has been
                                        the case with each and every
                                        recipient<br>
                                        > case I have been involved
                                        with in my consulting for them.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> Should I be allowed to
                                        "buy" a /16 from AfriNIC, put it
                                        in a safe, sell<br>
                                        >> it 3 years later for
                                        $profit ???<br>
                                        > No. The rules prohibit you
                                        putting it in a safe and not
                                        routing it. Also, you<br>
                                        > aren’t buying the /16, you
                                        are paying a fee for the service
                                        of recording and<br>
                                        > maintaining the
                                        registration of the space. You
                                        can’t sell the integers, but<br>
                                        > selling the registration of
                                        the integers has become common
                                        practice<br>
                                        > worldwide whether you like
                                        it or not.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> Is that the purpose for
                                        which AfriNIC got the /8's from
                                        IANA?<br>
                                        > Things have changed since
                                        the IANA was issuing /8s. The
                                        world has changed.<br>
                                        > Many of the /8s were issued
                                        by the IANA in order to support
                                        Email, FTP, and<br>
                                        > NNTP. I suspect there are
                                        very few servers running FTP or
                                        NNTP these days,<br>
                                        > and while EMAIL is still a
                                        pervasive technology (for better
                                        or worse), it is not<br>
                                        > a significant fraction of
                                        internet traffic.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Very few of the /8s issued
                                        by IANA were issued during a
                                        time when streaming<br>
                                        > video could have been
                                        considered as a purpose for
                                        issuing them, yet today<br>
                                        > it is probably the largest
                                        consumer of bandwidth on the
                                        internet by far.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Should we require all of
                                        the RIRs that have issued space
                                        to Netflix after<br>
                                        > IANA runout to reclaim and
                                        return that space to IANA and
                                        rejustify it because<br>
                                        > streaming video was not the
                                        purpose for which it was issued?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I think not.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        >> PS: all or most
                                        questions are serious. answers
                                        will help.<br>
                                        > All of the answers were
                                        serious as well. I’d expect
                                        nothing less from<br>
                                        > someone of your stature in
                                        the community.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I hope the answers are
                                        helpful.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Owen<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        ><br>
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