other issues aside (am busy hacking) this seems to omit the equivalent of option 2.4 in 2012-07, to quote 2.4 Option to engage directly with the RIPE NCC A Legacy Internet Resource Holder whose circumstances match those described in section 2.3 above, but cannot find a Sponsoring LIR with which a mutually satisfactory contract of the kind mentioned in that section, may opt to enter a non-member service contract with the RIPE NCC for the purposes of registering the Legacy Resources involved, subject to the conditions defined in Section 3 below. randy