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They very much did own them, you need to look at the history of ampr.org, who sits on the board and “who” applied for the /8. These did not belong to amateur r
by kmbfjr 5y ago
They very much did own them, you need to look at the history of ampr.org, who sits on the board and “who” applied for the /8.
These did not belong to amateur radio, TAPR, the ARRL or anyone but this organization.
- lkbm 5y agoLooks like the answer you're suggesting is Dr. Hank Magnuski[0]? He seems like an important and impressive fellow, but I'm not sure how that addresses the idea of ownership here. Most likely we have different understandings of how ownership/stewardship of ipv4 addresses works. My take is "I don't know how it works", but I think the people further up thread believe it's not about ownership, but merely the right to administer on the understanding that it's done for the public good, or something like that. If you have a concise resource that summarizes how it works that would likely do more to convince us than telling us to research ampr.org. [0] https://www.ampr.org/faq/ https://www.ampr.org/faq/
- southerntofu 5y agoSo, take my words with a grain of salt because i'm not a member of those communities. From reading the previous thread on HN (which i linked in my parent comment), even the people who think the sale is a good thing agree that it was a rather shady deal where it wasn't very clear that a single entity should feel entitled to "own" this IP range. If you have links with more information going one way or another, historical internet politics is always something i have time for reading, and i think i'm not the only one around here! :)