[amsat-bb] Who Let THIS Info Out?

[David Swanson]

Man I was hoping you'd deny this one.

July 19, 2019 @bruceperens "Or, Mark, would you like to discuss this issue
before a fair legal expert? Courts have judges whose job it is to enforce
by-laws of corporations. I think you should back down and admit fault
before you are in a lot more hot water".

I can post screenshots if you'd like, but the thread doesn't get much
better from there.

-Dave, KG5CCI

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 4:32 PM Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> wrote:

> I made "numerous legal threats"? I don't think so.
>
> Given what a tremendous whopper that one is, I can't attach any
> credibility to the rest of your statement, except for one thing:
>
> It is true that Michelle and Patrick, and for that matter I, feel that
> AMSAT's NDAs prevent it from being able to achieve a workable ITAR strategy.
>
> You simply can't use the ITAR 120.11 and EAR 734.7 carve-outs AND have
> secret or proprietary portions of any technology listed under the United
> States Munitions List. Once there is secret or proprietary technology, all
> of the nasty restrictions of ITAR are unavoidable.
>
> It is possible to deal with secrets outside of the technology, such as
> launch schedules, and it is possible to compartmentalize some
> ITAR-protected information, for example technology specific to the launch
> which is not necessary for broader cooperations  such as designing and
> constructing a satellite.
>
> Thus it is necessary for AMSAT to examine all existing NDAs, separate
> itself from ones that are no longer necessary, and carefully
> compartmentalize any which need to stand for the moment. Michelle and
> Patrick attempted to initiate this process, but have been blocked.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
>
>
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