So, 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 commen

So, 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! :)