Ownerless PI Revokation, was Re: [address-policy-wg] Revised 2007-01...

Randy Bush said:
> of course the rules of 'contract' vary between cultures.  and i am not a
> lawyer.  i am told that in the states, one does not need paper, it is an
> exchange with an understanding.  e.g. handshakes can be enforced if
> shown to be unequivocal.

True.

However, at least in England, a contract requires "consideration". That is,
each side must be giving something to the other. I have trouble seeing
where that is in the case of an IP address allocation. I don't know whether
US law recognises the concept or not.

In Scotland consideration is not required, so the situation may be
different.

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