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

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, at 18:28, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
> Correct, and the rationale for that is that it's better for the
> Internet to have these resources documented somewhere. 

This is about documentation change, not about keeping the documentation in place.

> Leaving the inherent silliness of "owning" or "administering"
> integers aside:

Leaving that aside pretty much means supporting it (the silliness). The legacy vs RIR-administered debate is pretty much about the silliness vs normality of "owning integers".

> I own my car because "somebody, someday" told me (after money
> changing hands, of course) "this is yours". The same applies to
> the computer I'm writing this on. 

No. First, the car and the computer are not under the same regime. 
For the car, you own it when the registry has been updated with convincing documentation from the former owner. That usually implies some other things are up-to-date (technical control ok - to take some random thing).
For the computer, it's pretty much the case, with a few exceptions like "enough" people disagreeing for certain reasons making it "no longer yours".

> If you'd like to change this you're welcome to try and take them off me and see how far you get ;)

You do realize that some people do it, and for a computer it works much better than for a car.

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Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN