Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!joseph From: joseph@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jobs Subject: Re: Employment Contract Message-ID: <11800002@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 17:45:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.11800002 Posted: Wed Jun 13 17:45:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 19:30:09 EDT References: <334@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:ut-sally:-33400:hpcvlo:11800002:000:640 Nf-From: hpcvlo!joseph Jun 4 13:45:00 1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree with the preceeding response. No employer has any right to dictate your life after you have terminated your employment. While you are employed by them, they have every right to aim to prevent you from competing with them, and it would be common to keep any discoveries you make as proprietary. Even that last clause is hazy-- nobody owns an algorithm. Overall, this clause is an infringement upon the freedom of this companies' employees. ...hp-pcd\!joseph ---------------------------------------------------------------------