# ROS 2 TSC Meeting Minutes: 2022-10-13

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-tsc-meeting-minutes-2022-10-13/28213>\
**Category:** ROS General\
**Tags:** tsc\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-tsc-meeting-minutes-2022-10-13/28213 "2022-11-09T23:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katherine\_Scott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/katherine_scott/32/4434_2.png) [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)\
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[ROS 2 TSC Contribution Report 2022-10-13.pdf](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/uploads/short-url/czxcbL3fNfwin0TlKxekCPdXZtn.pdf) (105.8 KB)

_(Note: My apologies that these meeting minutes are bit late, I got a bit caught up with IROS and ROSCon)_

# ROS 2 TSC Meeting Minutes 2022-10-13

- Attendees

- Preliminaries

- Old business

- New business

- Recurring business

- [Macneil] Web

- [Orlov] Rosbag2 and Tooling

- List of recently merged meaningful PRs in rosbag2:

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**Author:** ![lonebots](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/lonebots/32/35588_2.png) [@lonebots](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/lonebots)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-tsc-meeting-minutes-2022-10-13/28213/2 "2022-11-10T14:46:52Z")

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Thankyou for the update!🤝

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**Author:** ![d0tslash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/d0tslash/32/15221_2.png) [@d0tslash](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/d0tslash)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-tsc-meeting-minutes-2022-10-13/28213/3 "2022-11-10T15:20:07Z")

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> [@Katherine\_Scott](#):
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> - SwRI - Jerry Towler (representing GVSC)

“As a non-US citizen, why should the global community contribute, or in any way support [@devcom\_gvsc](https://twitter.com/devcom_gvsc) ROS-M? There was no discussion in this talk at all about that, & your logo has a Pentagon… basically one of the symbols of US .mil supremacy”

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/2/0/20e687a98947e1f2322a4b252588fa187f655e78.jpeg "ROSCon 2018 Madrid ROS Military Progress and Promise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSk6HbTKBs&t=1113s)

There is an elephant in the room guys… we all gonna act like it isn’t there?

> **[General Purpose Robots Should Not Be Weaponized: An Open...](https://www.openrobotics.org/blog/2022/10/6/general-purpose-robots-should-not-be-weaponized-an-open-letter-to-the-robotics-industry-and-our-communities)**
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> Over the course of the past year Open Robotics has taken time from our day-to-day efforts to work with our colleagues in the field to consider how the technology we develop could negatively impact society as a whole. In particular we were concerned...

“Due to the permissive nature of the licenses we use for ROS, Gazebo, and our other projects, it is difficult, if not impossible, for us to limit the use of the technology we develop to build weaponized systems. However, we do not condone such efforts, and we will have no part in directly assisting those who do with our technical expertise or labor.”

We as a community need to have a serious talk… some of you are double dipping, and acting like you aren’t.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-2-tsc-meeting-minutes-2022-10-13/28213/4 "2022-12-10T15:20:33Z")

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