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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:36:19 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc: Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk>,
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Subject: California Labor Law (was Re: The sendmail discussion...)
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Kevin Oberman wrote:
> From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
> > Matthew Whelan wrote:
> > > (my company demands
> > > that all software I write, including in my own free time, is copyright by
> > > them)
> >
> > You need to move to California, where this is against the law.
> 
> Minor correction: You need to move to California, where such
> contractual clauses have been rule unenforceable by the courts (many
> times).

This is getting incredibly off topic for these lists.  Followups
are set to -chat.

You are right, you are not a lawyer.  ;^).

See California Labor Code, Section 2870-2872, inclusive.

	http://are.berkeley.edu/heat/laborcode.html
	http://www.unixguru.com/california_law.html

Such provisions are against the public policy of the state.


-- Terry

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