ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

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Because a legacy holder doesn't care about ARIN; a legacy holder has
usable space that cannot be reclaimed by ARIN and who is not paying
anything to ARIN. The point here is that this situation does not
encourage adoption of IPv6, where suddenly there'd be an annual fee
and a contract for the space. "ARIN" is incidental, simply the RIR
responsible in this case.

... JG

2

Out of curiousity, I wonder whether the adoption of the internet
in the 90s would have occured if IPv4 addresses were allocated, managed
and controlled like they are today.

Adrian

3

Umm, ARIN should provide a legacy holder with IPv6 space because the legacy holder doesn't care about ARIN?

Legacy holders have been holding parts (possibly more than they would be able to justify from an RIR) of a finite global shared resource without sharing in the costs associated, and it's unfair to _them_ that they're not _entitled_ to do the same in the IPv6 space?

Yep, makes perfect sense to me.

If the "rest of the world" moving to IPv6 isn't enough encouragement for you, then bleh. I'm only interested in encouraging my employer and my providers. If you have no need to reach IPv6-only content or eyeballs, and you don't care about NAT or geolocation issues with centralized NAT or.... then sure, you have no encouragement or need to adopt IPv6. If you do need to reach IPv6-only content or eyeballs, then that is your encouragement to play in the same playing field as everyone else in your RIR-area.

4

Because a legacy holder doesn't care about ARIN; a legacy holder has
usable space that cannot be reclaimed by ARIN and who is not paying
anything to ARIN. The point here is that this situation does not
encourage adoption of IPv6, where suddenly there'd be an annual fee
and a contract for the space. "ARIN" is incidental, simply the RIR
responsible in this case.

Out of curiousity, I wonder whether the adoption of the internet
in the 90s would have occured if IPv4 addresses were allocated, managed
and controlled like they are today.

The growth of the internet since 1992 has occurred under conditions of
gradually increasing scarcity.that scarcity is so normal that people
don't really think about what it's like not to have it.

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Because a legacy holder doesn't care about ARIN

i do not think that statement is defensible

there is a difference between caring and being willing to give up rights
for no benefit