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

[Robert McGwier]

Thank you and ORI for doing the work.




Dr. Robert W McGwier, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Tech
ARDC Member of Board
N4HY: ARRL, TAPR, AMSAT, EARC
Sky: AAVSO, SkyHub, Auburn AS, Skyscrapers

On Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 2:43 PM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> 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
>
> *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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