<div dir="ltr">Thank you for sharing this.<br><br>The backstory for 3D printing controlled objects, the engineering odyssey, the legal assumptions, and the culture war issues with the maker scene can be read about (for anyone interested) in the book Come and Take It by Cody Wilson. Cody founded Defense Distributed. <br><br>As an avid 3d printer and heavily invested in communications that often intersect with ITAR controlled areas, I've been following this case with interest. <br><br>The reinforcement of ORI's interpretation of the current legal landscape would seem to be a very positive development. <br><br>I get a lot of questions from people that have a lot of fear about volunteering with us, or have been told they can't volunteer with us, or shouldn't volunteer with us, or that our open source demonstrations are somehow illegal. Fighting back against the parts that are total nonsense takes a lot of time and energy. It's worth it, but it comes at a cost. That cost is progress and participation in other much more enjoyable areas. <br><br>Anything that helps enable volunteers to have fun, learn cutting edge technology, and contribute in meaningful ways is what I'm here to establish and maintain. <br><br>Are there any other legal proceedings in this particular ecosystem (ITAR/open source) in progress, that affect us, that you know of? <br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Ground-Station <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" target="_blank">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The Defense Distributed case, in which the government attempted to assert ITAR upon a distributor of models for making firearms in a 3D printer, has settled. The government seems to have lost pretty thoroughly. <a href="http://joshblackman.com/blog/2018/07/10/doj-second-amendment-foundation-reach-settlement-in-defense-distributed-lawsuit/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>joshblackman.com/blog/2018/07/<wbr>10/doj-second-amendment-<wbr>foundation-reach-settlement-<wbr>in-defense-distributed-<wbr>lawsuit/</a><div><br></div><div>ORI position is:</div><div>1. We do not take a position on second amendment issues, it's out-of-scope for our organization.</div><div>2. The ITAR part of the case seems to be aligned with our previous interpretation of the issues of ITAR and Open Source, and our previously developed strategy. The case will probably work as a favorable precedent.</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks</div><div><br></div><div> Bruce<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_6543601275289761788gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Bruce Perens K6BP - CEO, Legal Engineering<br>Standards committee chair, license review committee member, co-founder, Open Source Initiative<div>President, Open Research Institute; Board Member, Fashion Freedom Initiative.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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