To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
Cc: "nanog" <nanog@merit.edu>
Subject: Sprint NAP
From: Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:04:26 +0200> Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se> writes:
>
> SPRINT NETWORK ACCESS POINT (NAP)
> TERMS AND CONDITIONS
> ....
>
> 6. IP Address Assignment
>
> The customer shall receive his IP address assignment(s) from Sprint. Any
> address(es) provided by Sprint shall remain the property of Sprint ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Address ownership .... what a concept.
Although this is doing the right thing, the wording is dubious.
Actually, I believe that the addresses in question are _host_ addresses,
(for devices directly attached to the Sprint NAP). I don't quite know
what someone would do with a Sprint NAP host address if they "kept"
it.
You are correct that the language seems rather emphatic to networking
types, but it probably works well for the lawyers.
-tjs