You're conflating two different things. RIPE, as an RIR, does not rent IP space. It maintains a database of allocations of IP space. RIPE makes allocations (a license to use) of space based on need (you could never just "buy" a block of IP space without justified need). I purposely do not make any statement about the validation of that need. LIRs may choose to rent or sell IP space they have been allocated by RIPE, which RIPE tolerates, and updates the allocation database accordingly. Simon On Thu Apr 23, 2026 at 09:46:10AM +0000, Sander Klein via members-discuss wrote:
If the rental and selling of IP Space should not be taken into account, then it should not be allowed in the first place.
Because we are able to rent out or sell them, they have a value thus making the flat ripe fees 'feel' unfair
Sander