[Discuss] public files vs export control laws

[Tom Igoe]

I'd have to agree, Malcolm.

malcolm stanley <a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com> wrote:

>My experience with Export Control for encryption technologies used in
>consumer devices, instantiated as DRM solutions for Video on Demand
>movies,
>suggests to me that the exception being sought is somewhat ...
>unrealistic.
>
>Weaponization of any technology is probably a poor strategy for
>accomplishing the acheivement of a waiver from regulation.
>
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>On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Matt Maier <blueback09 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> This is a dilemma that's been building up for a while now. Open
>source is
>> all about sharing ideas so that anyone who wants to build them, or
>build
>> off of them, can do so. Export control is a legal regime that makes
>sharing
>> of certain ideas with non-authorized entities a federal crime.
>>
>> Those of you who were at the hardware documentation jam might
>remember the
>> subject of legal constraints coming up, but at the time I didn't have
>a
>> good example.
>>
>> It would seem that we now have our test case. The State Department
>has
>> ordered Defense Distributed to stop that whole "sharing guns" thing
>while
>> they review whether or not making them internationally available
>violates
>> International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
>>
>>
>>
>http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/
>>
>> Cody Wilson, a law student, says that what he's doing falls into a
>> protected exception for non-profit public domain research. His
>argument is
>> that the files are "stored in a library" in the sense that all
>libraries
>> have internet access and there is a single bookstore in Austin
>providing
>> the published plans.
>>
>> Getting any kind of official exception to export control for open
>source
>> technology development would be a huge win. It would pave the way for
>much
>> more ambitious projects.
>>
>> -Matt
>>
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