At 08:04 AM 8/27/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Henry Spencer wrote: > > > Export regulations do not override the Bill Of Rights -- freedom of > > speech and of the press remain protected. The FreeS/WAN project, > > which I was part of for several years, had professional legal > > advice on such matters (if you thought rocketry was a sensitive > > subject, well, encryption technology is worse...). The bottom > > line: postings to *open* mailing lists (lists anyone can join) are > > public speech and thus have full Constitutional protection. > > >That's also roughly what Tim Pleasant told a bunch of us at > Space >Access 99: as long as it's public information, arms control does > not >get involved. > >This is interesting to hear. Then there is a big difference about what a >small group of amateurs vs. an incorporated company, no matter how small, >even if both are using the same technical sources and are doing similar >things. >When I was doing my internship at XCOR up to a year ago, everything >related to the actual rocket engines (igniter, injector, thrust chamber, >cooling systems) was off limits for me, due to state department >regulations. I have heard that the situation hasn't improved since. >About sending CAD drawings to this list, please be careful not risk this >open list or your entire group.
That is because XCOR is NOT making any of that information public, all the details are trade secrets for them. Trade secrets do have to be aware of state department issues. John Carmack _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
