Hi Sasha, > A LIR now joining the RIPE NCC has no way of determining what the > "spirit" of a policy is. (bar, perhaps, reading all apwg > discussions leading to it) The letter of the document is all that > counts and IPRAs can't make determinations based on the "spirit" > either, otherwise this proposal would not be necessary. > So, yes, an assumption that one can join the NCC now and get a > /22 with the intent to "sell" it is reasonable.
The policy actually says that "The LIR must confirm it will make assignment(s) from the allocation". See https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-643#51. This is not the case if the intent is to sell the prefix. Cheers, Sander
