* Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> > But 2015-01 at least says you need to keep the LIR open for 24 months, > correct, meaning you have to pay the yearly LIR fee 3 times (one initial > and 2 recurring). At least that was my understanding of the proposal.
Yes, but it only does this for "normal" transfers per ripe-643 section 5.5. It does not change anything for «Mergers and Acquisitions», because that's not regulated in policy, it is an operational procedure made by the RIPE NCC. https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/ipv4-transfers/mergers-and-acquisitions Since the blocks Fredy posted are gathered in a single LIR, yet absent from the table of published transfers, I can only surmise that the person in question is using the M&A procedure to accomplish his goals and not ripe-643 section 5.5 one. > At least the above is what I would like to achieve. 2015-01 unfortunately falls short of the mark, but I don't know it could be fixed since the M&A procedure isn't policy and thus out of scope for the APWG (as I understand it anyway). I'm hoping that the NCC's IA will point out that the M&A loophole remains and maybe advise on how we might go about closing it. Tore
