> On Nov 19, 2021, at 10:22 , John Curran <jcur...@istaff.org> wrote: > > On 18 Nov 2021, at 8:14 PM, b...@theworld.com <mailto:b...@theworld.com> > wrote: >> That suggests an idea: >> >> Repurpose these addresses and allow the RIRs to sell them in the IPv4 >> secondary markets with some earmark for the funds. Plus or minus >> perhaps some worthy causes for "free" (not quite free but old school) >> allocations. ... > > (Sidestepping for the moment the question of technical merits of the > proposal…) > > There’s this organization called the Internet Engineering Task Force that has > been working hard to establish long-term financial independence and stability > via the IETF Endowment project <https://www.ietf.org/endowment/ > <https://www.ietf.org/endowment/>> – > > Several of the Internet community organizations have made substantial > contributions to this goal, but much more will be needed if the IETF is to > achieve long-term funding stability. Speaking entirely in my own personal > capacity, I believe that long-term financial stability of the IETF is an > extremely worthwhile goal for all of us to support and – to the extent that > somehow changes to the IPv4 address specification result in a financial > upside – I believe that the IETF Endowment would be a very appropriate > beneficiary.
Perhaps this would be a good use of the ICANN Make Money Fast scheme^w^w^w^wNew TLD fund. Owen
