Re: Redeploying most of 127/8, 0/8, 240/4 and *.0 as unicast

[John Curran <jcurran () istaff org>]

On 18 Nov 2021, at 8:14 PM, bzs () theworld com wrote:
> That suggests an idea:
>
> Repurpose these addresses and allow the RIRs to sell them in the IPv4
> secondary markets with some earmark for the funds. Plus or minus
> perhaps some worthy causes for "free" (not quite free but old school)
> allocations. ...

(Sidestepping for the moment the question of technical merits of the proposal…) 

There’s this organization called the Internet Engineering Task Force that has been working hard to establish long-term 
financial independence and stability via the IETF Endowment project <https://www.ietf.org/endowment/ 
<https://www.ietf.org/endowment/>> –

Several of the Internet community organizations have made substantial contributions to this goal, but much more will be 
needed if the IETF is to achieve long-term funding stability.  Speaking entirely in my own personal capacity, I believe 
that long-term financial stability of the IETF is an extremely worthwhile goal for all of us to support and – to the 
extent that somehow changes to the IPv4 address specification result in a financial upside – I believe that the IETF 
Endowment would be a very appropriate beneficiary.

FYI,
/John

p.s.  Disclaimer: my views alone - contents may be hot and cause burns to unprotected surfaces. 
p.p.s.  It is unclear if the involvement of the RIRs in such a monetization activity is beneficial or not, but also 
orthogonal to the point that using proceeds for the benefit of IETF Endowment would be a very worthwhile goal.