[amsat-bb] Who Let THIS Info Out?

[Bruce Perens]

I haven't been deleting tweets, so send the URLs. Screenshots are easy to
fake.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 3:36 PM David Swanson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> 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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