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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!psinntp!psinntp!panix!tls From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit Message-ID: <1992Aug2.054424.6692@panix.com> Date: 2 Aug 92 05:44:24 GMT References: <leb.712651912@Hypatia> <peter.712682727@hilly> <Aug.1.14.20.05.1992.26479@dartagnan.rutgers.edu> Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC Lines: 23 In article <Aug.1.14.20.05.1992.26479@dartagnan.rutgers.edu> hedrick@dartagnan.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes: >peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy) writes: > >>Sorry, have I missed something ? Are you saying that if the University you >>attended holds an academic source license, then only employers with >>*commercial* (about >$100000) licenses should be *allowed* to employ you ? > >I believe speculation about being "contaminated" is without grounds. >It is possible to write contracts that prevent employees who work on >certain projects from working with any competitor, but (1) the Unix >licenses have no such clause, and (2) many such contracts are >unenforceable. As far as restrictions on individuals, clearly the And, _very_ importantly: (3) Most states have strict limitations on the maximum length of such "noncompete" agreements. I wonder what California state law has to say on this point? -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.COM "Oh, you have wounded me! I have very few prejudices, actually. The biggest problem is that I am intolerant of fools. That is why I have such a low tolerance level for Libertarians." -- Jim McMaster