[ncc-services-wg] Fwd: GeekTools Whois Proxy and RIPE/RIPE-NCC

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:40:32AM +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> > This seems odd.  I can't seem to find any mention of charging for bulk
> > whois access in the RIPE NCC AGM or the PDP.
> 
> the ncc _seems_ to have taken upon itself, with no public mandate or
> bottom up process, to incrementally make the nic a members only
> organization.  as the nics are here to serve the internet, this is a
> major change.  if the ncc is not here to serve the internet, then we may
> need to rethink how we handle internet coordination.
> 
> somemthing smells very broken here.  maybe we are just misinformed.

Indeed.  I can see the wish to simplify the structure by merging all
sorts of contracts "users that pay money for NCC services" into a single
bin, labeled "paying members" (like dnsmon, etc) - and I would not 
object to that.  RIPE DB NRTM mirrors(!) have been mentioned to fall under
that category as well.

OTOH, "proxy whois service" usage never had a price tag, so I find it 
surprising that this would be part of the "everything that has a price
tag needs to be a member now" clause...

Anyone from the NCC around who is willing to clarify this?

thanks,

Gert Doering
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