We in the space community (and particularly in the alt-space community, though it affects the traditional players as well) have long been concerned about ITAR. Joe Katzman has an in-depth story about its deleterious effects on our defense, and on our relationship with critical allies (i.e., those in the Anglosphere, not France).

My problem with ITAR is that the release guidelines are written by lawyers and used by engineers. So we're sitting around trying to figure out whether something is "significant design information" so we can mark it appropriately. On Joint Strike Fighter, with Brits and Yanks in adjacent cubicles, this is a continual issue. In practice it comes down to a choice between "Make Peter's job harder to do" or "Risk going to jail."

Sorry, Peter.