<p>I was referring to this Hackerspaces Space Program thread. Even though I'm not thrilled with the DARPA thing, I still plan on checking out MakerFaire as an attendee, and not as a participant. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 3, 2012 3:06 PM, "Matt Joyce" <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" target="_blank">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Maker Faire is not ITAR =P<br>
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It's a public forum.<br>
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Internationals are welcome.<br>
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On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Joe Bowser <<a href="mailto:bowserj@gmail.com" target="_blank">bowserj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I still have yet to hear the concerns of those of us who aren't in the US<br>
> addressed. I assume this is a US citizens and residents only venture?<br>
><br>
> On Apr 3, 2012 2:58 PM, "Matt Joyce" <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" target="_blank">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hell anything of sufficient mass put in orbit can be used as a pretty<br>
>> nasty weapon.<br>
>><br>
>> Start there. See how far you get before the military is involved.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Tim Miller <<a href="mailto:timmillertech@gmail.com" target="_blank">timmillertech@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Those of us that are not strongly against military or those who remember<br>
>> > that the space shuttle was funded largely by the military to carry<br>
>> > weapons<br>
>> > and spy satellites. Maybe we fully support getting support from DARPA<br>
>> > and<br>
>> > all you that curse the name of anything military are passing judgement<br>
>> > that<br>
>> > maybe you are not warranted to give. The formation and success of NASA<br>
>> > was<br>
>> > largely because of military money. It seems people forget where that<br>
>> > money<br>
>> > really comes from, it comes from our paychecks and if it has to get<br>
>> > funneled<br>
>> > through hell and passed out by the devil to get to where we want to go,<br>
>> > maybe that is our choice as hackers. Defense doesn't always mean bigger<br>
>> > badder space lasers. Defense can also be making sure that the skills<br>
>> > needed<br>
>> > to maintain a country's infrastructure are intact and keep and expand<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > country's manufacturing and continue to grow the skills methods<br>
>> > and facilities. We have already seen what happens when you put all of a<br>
>> > type<br>
>> > of manufacturing ability in an one region. The new grand experiment is<br>
>> > if<br>
>> > we can do better in our distributed community shops and if you have a<br>
>> > problem with working with people with the same goal as yours so be it,<br>
>> > go<br>
>> > join that group and sit back while the rest of us succeed in an awesome<br>
>> > manner or fail miserably knowing we tried something. And the next time<br>
>> > your<br>
>> > city is decimated by a natural disaster go up to the National<br>
>> > Guard member<br>
>> > doing everything they can to help and tell them go away you don't want<br>
>> > anything to do with the military.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Marc Juul <<a href="mailto:juul@labitat.dk" target="_blank">juul@labitat.dk</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Jerry Isdale <<a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com" target="_blank">isdale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > My Fellow Hackers...<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Today I got an email from DARPA stating that they have selected our<br>
>> >> > "Hackerspace Space Program" for contract negotiation.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Interesting / Congratulations? What does that mean exactly? How<br>
>> >> certain is it that you will get funding?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> > Those who want to flame about taking government money can do so.. We<br>
>> >> > just<br>
>> >> > wont pass any $ your way.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> While I am very happy to see more interest / funding for space-related<br>
>> >> hacker activities I think there are some important issues here that<br>
>> >> you may be ignoring. One is that by calling yourselves the<br>
>> >> "hackerspace space program" you are associating hackers, the<br>
>> >> hackerspace movement and specifically everyone working on<br>
>> >> space-related projects in hackerspaces with DARPA and the military.<br>
>> >> Knowing that there are many who are strongly anti-military, it would<br>
>> >> make sense to call name this project something else, perhaps something<br>
>> >> less general?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> This is not just government, this is military funding. That is an<br>
>> >> important distinction for many.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> If is of course your decision who you fund, but starting out by<br>
>> >> calling any criticism of your decision to apply for military funding<br>
>> >> using the hackerspace name "flaming" seems itself fairly inflammatory.<br>
>> >> The term hacker is for many associated with a strong sense of ethics,<br>
>> >> and it is always a good idea to be mindful of the people who disagree<br>
>> >> with your actions on ethical grounds, even if you end up not acting on<br>
>> >> their criticism.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> As you are obviously aware there are people who will be unwilling to<br>
>> >> work with you on this project once you accept this funding. I wonder<br>
>> >> if you have done any research to estimate the loss in expertise,<br>
>> >> manpower and ideas, or how much of a rift this will cause in the<br>
>> >> hacker/maker community?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> This news comes close to the news that the Maker Faire has accepted<br>
>> >> DARPA funding, so when I mention a rift in the community it may be<br>
>> >> bigger than just this one project.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> For those who are suspicious of military involvement but not outright<br>
>> >> unwilling to work with a DARPA funded project, it would be really<br>
>> >> useful to have a summary of the extent and terms of this project and<br>
>> >> funding: What are the strings attached from DARPA? Are there any<br>
>> >> countries you will not be allowed to work with and do any of them have<br>
>> >> DIY space groups or hackerspaces that will be excluded? Will you own<br>
>> >> the copyright to anything copyright'able you produce and will you<br>
>> >> control licensing / patenting? Where is the project description (can<br>
>> >> we read the proposal you sent to DARPA)? Who will control the funding<br>
>> >> and how will it be divided between project participants? How much<br>
>> >> funding did you apply for and how certain are you that you will get<br>
>> >> it? Who are involved with this project already?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --<br>
>> >> Marc Juul<br>
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