Hi Roger,
Sorry for not fully support this as everyone else has done so far :-)
I support the idea and we really need it, but I have mixed feelings about two words in "section 8.0 Transfer of IPv6 resources" it is in the first sentence:
"Any holder of IPv6 address space is allowed to transfer complete or partial blocks of IPv6 address space that were previously allocated or assigned to them by the RIPE NCC or otherwise through the Regional Internet Registry system."
Do we really need to have "... or partial" there?
Yes we do.
Do we understand the consequences of those two words?
Reality of those 2 words are : In case a company decides to split, sell part of their infrastructure or activities, they would be able to do so. The receiving party will have to be a LIR. They would probably already have an v6 Allocation. Resulting that the transfer would require documentation as it would be seen as a subsequent allocation. (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-589#subsequent_allocation) I am not saying that it will be easy to do this and because of that, it will not be able to hoard loads of v6 in a single LIR by just doing transfers.
... yes I do see several cases where it those two words will save the day, and the amount of abuse is limited but still I'll wonder if we really need it.
The goal is to align policy with reality ... and need for the people in the community. Reality today is that this particular lack within the policy is blocking some things people want to do for very valid reasons. Regards, Erik Bais