Re: For whom is IPv6? [was: Happy St Nicholas Day: Re-Launching the IPv6 ULA registry]

[Nico Schottelius <[e-mail]>]

Hey David,

David Farmer <farmer=[e-mail]> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 18:20 Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
>> Let's stipulate that this is true:
>>
>> > This is a case where a ULA-C allocation per-customer would make sense, if
>> > it could be done for a non-recurring fee.
>>
>> I see a challenge there. As sixxs and other examples have showed us, a
>> pro bono service will not live for ever. How can a ULA-C registry, even a
>> strictly non-profit one, live for ever if there is no annual fee?
>
>
> Not to mention that an annual fee and termination for the lack of payment
> is an extremely efficient mechanism for maintaining the accuracy of the
> registry over long periods of time.  Without it or a similar periodic
> mechanism for garbage collection, information in the registry will rot over
> time and we will just rebuild the swamp.  Furthermore, making that
> mechanism an annual fee nicely aligns with the need to fund the
> registry.
>
> So, if there isn’t an annual fee, not only do you need a different funding
> mechanism but a different garbage collection mechanism too. While not
> impossible, this seems like a very tall order to me.

I think there is one point that most of us agree on:

- There should be a regular check/cleanup/confirmation of use

One thing that we do not agree on is yet what type of confirmation that
is. A $250 annually fee might not sound much, unless you put into
context of a community that is fully volunteer driven and/or located in
an economny where $250 might actually represent a monthly salary.

I think maybe a call for sponsors (and ungleich would certainly be one
of them) could show who would be interested in this role.

Cheers,

Nico

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