RE: Dell vs. GPL

Just for the record, US law does not work that way.  No civil contract can
force you to do something illegal as Andre suggests.  He's just flat wrong
about this.

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[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Anders Karlsson
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:54 AM
To: Andre Hedrick
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 21:48, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> The best solution is to forget what you see and know, is how the game is
> played.  When things are sent to me outside of the scope of NDA's and they
> effect my contributions is where I can free move.
>
> Anything under NDA stays there regardless.

Andre,

I can see where you are coming from on this, but nevertheless, the NDA
is not enforcable if illegal activities are taking place. Ask your legal
council and they should be able to confirm this. If what you are fearing
is economical retaliation from the companies that made you sign an NDA
to ensure your silence, the legal system of US should protect you from
that.

All I can say, if US law require you to cover up illegal/criminal
activity because you signed an NDA, get the f*ck out of US jurisdiction
as fast as you can.

I am living in the UK at the moment, and I can not thoroughly recommend
that as an alternative to living in the US. There are countries with
better legal systems in the EU than what UK has.

Just my two pennies worth.

/A