Slight aside, I remember reading a post here on HN; the poster said they created an astronav system for use with webcams and published the code on github, only to receive on knock on their door a little while later from somebody who explained that this code in fact violated ITAR restrictions and they needed to remove it.
Would that hold up in court if the person were willing to challenge it? That seems a clear cut violation of that person's speech, but I guess anything for "national security".
US secrecy laws hold up in court. Just ask any contractor who accidentally brought home a classified document or three (and their name doesn't rhyme with Bonald Bump).
Slight aside, I remember reading a post here on HN; the poster said they created an astronav system for use with webcams and published the code on github, only to receive on knock on their door a little while later from somebody who explained that this code in fact violated ITAR restrictions and they needed to remove it.
Astronav systems have expensive moving parts that aren't very githubbable. There was an SDR software defined radio passive radar project that got taken down. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
Reminds me of https://hackaday.com/2022/11/19/open-source-passive-radar-ta...
Would that hold up in court if the person were willing to challenge it? That seems a clear cut violation of that person's speech, but I guess anything for "national security".
US secrecy laws hold up in court. Just ask any contractor who accidentally brought home a classified document or three (and their name doesn't rhyme with Bonald Bump).
Think that's an unfair restrictions on speech? Just wait until you hear about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_secret