[Ground-station] Successful Regulatory Results for Open Source Amateur Satellite Work from ORI

[Michelle Thompson]

Thank you John! Many (if not all) of the participants are on this list and
their time and energy is deeply appreciated.

A question for all - What other regulatory challenges should we take on?

-Michelle W5NYV



On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 3:48 PM John Ackermann N8UR via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:

> That is a *great* result!  Congratulations to those who made it possible.
>
> John
> ----
>
> On 9/3/21 3:42 PM, Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station wrote:
> > On 2 September, 2021, Open Research Institute (ORI) received an advisory
> > opinion from US Commerce Department BIS.
> >
> > The letter confirmed that posting information on the internet so that it
> > is available to the public means that open source amateur satellite
> > communications work is not subject to the Export Administration
> > Regulation (EAR). Prior work by ORI established that open source amateur
> > satellite communications work was free of International Traffic in Arms
> > Regulations (ITAR).
> >
> > This is a significant regulatory success for open source amateur
> > satellite work and open source in general.
> >
> > Work was funded by ARDC and executed by Open Research Institute. Legal
> > assistance was provided by Thomsen and Burke LLP.
> >
> > All documents and links to presentations about the work are freely
> > available at
> > https://github.com/phase4ground/documents/tree/master/Regulatory
> > <https://github.com/phase4ground/documents/tree/master/Regulatory>
> >
> > *Thank you* to those who have supported and assisted ORI during the many
> > stages of this successful regulatory endeavor. Making a successful
> > argument requires competence, persistence, and patience. ORI will build
> > upon this work moving forward in order to advance the aims and purposes
> > of open source amateur radio work.
> >
> > -Michelle W5NYV
> >
> >
>
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