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<div class="">On 29 Sep 2022, at 6:26 PM, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" class="">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">may i include the arin tal in my software product with neither i nor<br class="">
the user of the product being encumbered, signing anything, ... as<br class="">
with the other RIRs?<br class="">
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>From the revised RPA - "Notwithstanding the foregoing, You are specifically allowed to publicly distribute the ARIN TAL, including by embedding the ARIN TAL in relying party software;”</div>
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<div>Note that “as with the other RIRs” may be a key element of your question, since users</div>
<div>of the other RIRs RPKI repositories are also subject to the relevant terms and conditions </div>
<div>(e.g. "RIPE NCC Certification Repository Terms and Conditions" <a href="https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/rpki/legal/ripe-ncc-certification-repository-terms-and-conditions" class="">
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/rpki/legal/ripe-ncc-certification-repository-terms-and-conditions</a>) To the extent that you rely on ARIN’s RPA to provide the right to publicly </div>
<div>distribute the TAL, you are also subject its terms and conditions. I don’t particularly </div>
<div>consider being subject to the terms and conditions of service that your choose as</div>
<div>making one “encumbered”, but for avoidance of doubt figured I should point that out. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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