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Re:GitLab reinstates list of servers that have malware by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday October 15, 2016 @08:43PM (#12716291)
My lay understanding is that any contract clause that a reasonable person would find unreasonable is by default not valid.

How would anyone enforce such a clause? Contract law isn't criminal law -the state nor federal prosecutor isn't going to come after you- so the aggrevied party would have to sue the other. Which wouldn't even make it to court for such an overreaching clause.

Edit: having said that, it seems unlikely a reasonable person could write that clause, so I'm not sure how such a thing could come about.

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Re:GitLab reinstates list of servers that have malware by FireBeyond on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:39PM (#12716759)
"My lay understanding is that any contract clause that a reasonable person would find unreasonable is by default not valid."

That understanding is entirely incorrect, unfortunately. While the law does provide for clauses that may be nullified or voided by either a court or existing case law, and does require a meeting of the minds and an exchange, simple "unreasonableness" is not grounds for voiding, nor is onerousness.

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