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Re:Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM by Qub3d on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:43PM (#30768355)
That is only enforceable for Trade Secrets -- at least in most of the US. Google would need to prove that the things this employee worked on were "essential to the commercial viability of the business".

I totally understand not wanting to poke the legal behemoth, however.

As an anecdotal, a personal friend who is a former Googler signed a 10-year NDA, and he had his fingers in quite a few pies.

So maybe in 3 more years?

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Re:Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM by otterley on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @04:46PM (#30771306)
> That is only enforceable for Trade Secrets

Do you have legal citations supporting this assertion? I'm fairly certain this isn't so.

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Re:Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM by Qub3d on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @01:46AM (#30775376)
Mostly based off this quick search: https://www.everynda.com/blog/duration-clauses-non-disclosur...

As I said, I definitely understand not wanting to be the one to actually set precedent - that involves getting sued by Google, which is expensive and potentially career suicide. But I think ultimately its probably not enforceable.

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