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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by saagarjha on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:32AM (#26871376)
California law overrides illegal contracts. However, in this case such provisions would be legal as the sibling comments point out.
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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by gher-shyu3i on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:21AM (#26874240)
Why only CA? Shouldn't it be that "the law" overrides illegal contracts - basically a tautology? Otherwise, what's stopping anyone from writing illegal contracts and forcing the other party to abide by them?
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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by __jem on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @10:15AM (#26874978)
Because the basis of every state's contract laws are different. Something are illegal in CA but not in NY.
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