[address-policy-wg] 2018-01 New Policy Proposal (Organisation-LIR Clarification in IPv6 Policy)

Dear all,

> This policy proposal was prompted by the discussion at the last RIPE
> meeting, where the NCC brought up the issue that the IPv6 allocation policy
> talks about "organization" without ever defining what that is - "one LIR
> account", "one legal organization" (which can hold multiple LIR accounts),
> etc.

Indeed, I think it is worth clarifying.

> Jordi volunteered to clean up the text, and here's the proposed changes

The diff is very clear, thanks Jordi for this. Very helpful.

> Thus: feedback please.
> 
> Like
> 
>    - "the text matches the original intent as I have always understood the
>      policy, and we should go there"

I am not sure what the original intent was. I would think nobody thought about the
fact that an organisation can have multiple LIRs at the time the policy was accepted.
Allowing a /29 per LIR instead of one per RIPE NCC member could be perceived as a
"waste" of resources. However, I do not see any IPv6 scarcity coming up soon, and
at the same time if it is justified, the organisation may get a block larger than
a /29 even under the current version of the policy.

Therefore I support the proposal due to that fact that it clarifies a possible
ambiguity.

Best regards,
Janos

> Gert Doering
>          -- APWG chair
>