Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:34:39 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Dell vs. GPL |
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Stop, go away, you do not get the real world.
Sorry.
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:44:29 PDT, Andre Hedrick said: > > > > Now you are being silly, and I have to stop because your lack of > > seriousness. > > > > You can not talk about what you see or hear. > > > > What is not clear? > > It's a general rule that clauses in a contract (which an NDA is) are null and > unenforcable if they compel you to do something illegal. In addition, clauses > can be held unenforcable if they are "unconscionable", i.e. if they compel you > to do something totally out of line and unreasonable. This is why almost all > contracts have a separability clause. > > "Thou shalt not tell the ingredients of the secret sauce" is enforcable. > "Thou shalt not tell others that the secret sauce contains high levels of > dangerous carcinogens" is unconscionable. > > Also, note that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides a lot of protection for > whistleblowers: http://www.workindex.com/editorial/expert/expview.asp > on top of the usual legal havens. > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:55:56 -0400, "Trever L. Adams" said: > > I have also had to sign contracts that require I do not disclose > > anything I learn on the job, except to law enforcement personnel. > > Andre's situation may be like this. Sure, he can report it, but he > > can't talk about it to anyone else! > > See? That's my point exactly - you *weren't* prohibited from reporting illegal > activity. > >
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