Re: [address-policy-wg] IPv4 policy document and request forms updated

[Jeff Williams <]

Janos and all,

  Excuse me, I meant AfriNIC not AFNIC...

Janos Zsako wrote:

> >   From address-policy-wg-admin@localhost Fri Oct 29 07:47:19 2004
> >   From: Jeff Williams jwkckid1@localhost
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
> First of all it may be useful to clarify that we are talking about
> AfriNIC (i.e. the RIR for Africa, with provisional recognition of
> ICANN, as opposed to AFNIC, who are the TLD operator for .fr).
>
> >   > >>>   Thanks for your explanation.  So I guess this means two different
> >   > >>> policies because Afnic in this case "requested" such?
> >   > >>
> >   > >> No. RIPE members brought this to the address-policy WG that discussed
> >   > >> this and agreed on it.
> >   > >>
> >   > >>> Interesting
> >   > >>> method of policy determination..
> >   > >>
> >   > >> Why? This is how all address-policy is determined.
> >   > >
> >   > >   And there is the curx of the problem...
> >   >
> >   > Ah...you mean an open and transparent policy process?
> >
> >     No of course not...
> >
> >   > Ok fare enough.
> >   > Most the rest of us think that is a good thing. You're ofcourse free to
> >   > disagree.
> >
> >     No I am all for it. However if a policy for one is different than
> >   for another is that wise?  Maybe so, maybe not so...  If Afnic is
> >   happy with it, great!  >;)  But is it reasonable to call it a "Policy".
> >   Or would it be more accurate to say a "Policy for Afnic" and
> >   everyone else has a different policy?
> >
> >   Just trying to understand what the criterion if any for
> >   determining "Policies" are and should be...
> >
> >     But I am happy to see that not one size fits all, if you will
> >   pardon the pun...  >;)
>
> Well, I would agree it is this latter case. Most of the policies are
> regional policies, although there is a lot of effort invested in
> elaborating global policies.
>
> Best regards,
> Janos Zsako

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