[amsat-bb] Working together

[Bruce Perens]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM E.Mike McCardel <mccardelm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure of the point here, unless it’s just to confuse or spin Burns’
> point, which I found eloquent.
> “ NDAs about launch
> schedules aren't really going to get us in trouble about ITAR”
> Duh!
>

 Perhaps if I went through the example a little more thoroughly?

You partner with ESA to do your launch. ESA does not want to widely
distribute their launch availability because they are sending up some
secret payloads. So, they schedule you No Earlier Than February 1, 2022,
but they ask that you keep that date private.

You tell your build team that you need the satellite by November 1, 2021.
You will use the rest of the time for integration, etc. You really only
need two months for integration. You make this date public. You have not
violated the NDA.

    Thanks

    Bruce