And while I ALSO agree with this sentiment, I think that the ship has
sailed on the whole question of "what can people do with their IP
address space". You say it yourself - if you start to insist on people
not leasing their waitlist-obtained resources, why not just ban leasing
altogether? But how to retroactively do that? And what about all that
legacy space that you have no legal control over?
Until the IRRs get firmly into the "we control the routing tables"
business (shudder), they have very little say in what people actually
do. What about the guy who gets addresses from the waitlist but then
decides not to expand his business, and doesn't route the addresses AT
ALL? Isn't that arguably WORSE than letting someone else use them (100%
waste of resource)? And yet, because he's not "making money", it's
somehow better?
On 2023-05-05 9:04 a.m., Michael B. Williams via ARIN-PPML wrote:
I'd go a step further even to say there should be an explicit policy
statement *against* the leasing of IP space from entities who obtain
IP space from the waitlist. Even further, if an entity obtains IP
space from the waitlist, it should have to attest that they are not
leasing its IP space to another entity. I believe in the community's
efficient use of IP space, so perhaps if an entity is not using its
entire IP space, it should hand the corresponding blocks back to ARIN
or alternatively let ARIN govern a fair and acceptable method to lease
IP space. Still, it should *not* be for profit.
On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 11:58 AM Michael B. Williams
<[email protected]> wrote:
Are you asking if an entity were to obtain IP space from the
waitlist, should they be permitted to lease it to someone else? My
answer is a resounding no. That defeats the whole purpose of the
waitlist. Entities should not be encouraged to hoard IP space
because ARIN will subsidise the cost, allowing a for-profit entity
to make money from obtaining IP space.
_______________________________________________
ARIN-PPML
You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to
the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]).
Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:
https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
Please [email protected] if you experience any issues.
--
Ron Grant
Balan Software/Networks
Network Architecture & Programming
604-737-2113
ca.linkedin.com/in/obiron
_______________________________________________
ARIN-PPML
You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to
the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]).
Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:
https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
