> On 29 Sep 2022, at 6:30 PM, Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> may i include the arin tal in my software product with neither i nor
>>> the user of the product being encumbered, signing anything, ... as
>>> with the other RIRs?
>> Yes.
>
> excellent. thank you.
>
> [ and arin might ask itself why and how it took O(decade) to come to
> this simple position; just in case there are other mis-matches between
> arin's positions and community needs ]
Randy -
It’s actually not a simple position at all, but a rather complicated set
of
tradeoffs that the organization has to consider (and periodically review
based on changing conditions) by the Board of Trustees. Even now
there are significant differences in RPKI approaches among the RIRs,
and that’s to be expected given the different legal environments in which
operates.
Note also there’s a variety of views in the community on nearly any topic,
but ultimately the members have to elect those whose judgment they trust
to the Board if they wish to have outcomes that they trust – as it is the
trustees who have the fiduciary duty to organization and its community.
ARIN has recently been reviewing quite a bit of customer facing legal
agreements based on current conditions, and the result include both an
updated RPA, and also the recently announced update to the RSA/LRSA -
<https://www.arin.net/announcements/20220912/>) If you have further
suggestions for items you’d like reviewed, please drop me an email (or
submit into the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion process if you want
formal tracking - https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/process/)
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers
