[address-policy-wg] question about IPv4 legacy and transfers - should we convert legacy to non-legacy with transfers?

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 03:30:08PM -0400, Mike Burns wrote:
> What is the principled objection to the community trading the new service
> (of booked transfers) in exchange for the change of legacy status after the
> blocks are in the hands of new owners? What imposition is it on legacy
> holders, who are after all selling their blocks through the agency of the
> RIR?

This is the wrong question to ask.

 "Why is changing the current system this way an improvement compared to
  what we have now?  Improvement in which way, exactly, and who benefits?"

We do not change policy just to change it, or because someone else
did so, but to fix a problem, improve a process, shift unfairness some
other way (these are never straightforward), etc.

Policy proposals do not come cheap.  Bottom-up policy making requires that
people spend their time looking at policy proposals, make up their mind,
voice their opinion and discuss to come to an agreement.  If we flood 
the system with changes "for the sake of change" that neither have enough
support to properly take off, nor have a clearly defined problem statement
(that has some amount of support behind it), we are wearing out the system, 
and people will stop engaging.

We already see this effect when trying to get people to comment on 
other proposals that *do* have a clear problem statement and a tight
timeline.

Gert Doering
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