Rodney, On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Rodney Joffe <rjo...@centergate.com> wrote: > Two weeks ago RIPE-NCC, who provide the whois data for IP addresses in the > RIPE region, informed us that based on decisions by their members, as of > January 1st 2013, tomorrow, they would no longer provide whois proxy query > response services to GeekTools unless we ponied up $1,800 a year for RIPE > membership. ... > I think its wrong to have to pay for whois data that is part of a community > resource . So I won't do it.
I have to assume there is some sort of misunderstanding here as the actions on behalf of RIPE you describe are ... surprising. However, if there isn't a misunderstanding then I strongly agree with you. I'll be interested in seeing RIPE's side of the story... Regards, -drc
