[NRO-IANAXFER] Internet Number Community IANA StewardshipProposal: Final Call for Comments
Hans Petter Holen
hph at oslo.net
Sat Jan 10 18:02:14 CET 2015
On 09.01.15 21.01, Richard Hill wrote:
> I am saying (1) that the community should review and take a position on all
> of the language of the new contract and (2) that the details of the
> arbitration clause and the choice of law clause are sufficiently significant
> that they should be included in the current document.
This sounds ideal, but my guess is that the collective competnece of
international contract law is slighty below our collective competence of
IP-addressing, routing and network technology in general.
The numbering community has established formal bodies to handle this,
the RIR boards & management, which I trust will get appropriate legal
advice.
I trust these bodies will handle this in the best interest of our community.
I also know a bit about contracts from my day-job, so I would prefer to
have the contract under Norwegian law without arbitration or Swedish law
with arbitration. I would avoid UK and US law for cost reasons. Geneva I
do not have an opinion on - but it sounds expensive.
I am not sure if my professional experience on contracts should carry
any significant weight in this discussion. I would rather leave this to
the RIR staff for approval by their boards, which we have put in place
for this purpose. Of course with appropriate community consultation.
The way I see your suggestions - arbitration is important to get right,
but I do not see strong consensus to micro manage this by the community
at this stage.
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Hans Petter Holen
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