me: sorry but i can't sign this NDA

them: why not?

me: i signed an NDA that prevents me from signing NDAs.

them: wow. with whom?

me: i'm not allowed to say

@lritter I literally had that discussion...

And yes, that's real...

@kkarhan @lritter how does this work with platform partners and such? Do they give up and let you in anyways, or do you get locked out?

@glassbottommeg @lritter well, recruiters and companies have to roll with it, and they do.

Granted it only happened a few times and it mostly pertained clauses that illegally infringe on my right to seek professional consultation by a solicitor before signing.

Cuz I don't sign shit if I'm being hindered from seeking legal advice beforehand out of principle.

@kkarhan @glassbottommeg @lritter one of my things i always say is if i cant see what im signing i aint signing and if i cant talk to a legal prof you gone.
@kkarhan @glassbottommeg @lritter I don't get it. Did an employer really make you sign such an NDA or do you just pretend you did to get out of signing other employers NDAs?

@fathermcgruder @glassbottommeg @lritter well, I did sign NDAs that do also cover the NDA itself as well as the involved parties.

So I'm really not at liberty to speak about it unless forced via a written order signed by a judge in my juristiction that specifically names all signing parties and the NDA but by that time they'll already know everything about it already and thus only can seek confirmation.

@fathermcgruder @glassbottommeg @lritter and no, that's not some MIL/INTEL stuff...

I don't work for those!

@lritter Biggest plot twist : it was my own NDA
@lritter that's what we call an FDA
@lritter I wonder if that's something you could actually pull haha
@StaticR @lritter I can't see why not. It'll be just even if you get to work with them after it you're going to be a resource who refused to sign the NDA, an untrusted party. An annoyingly inconvenient resource compared to the other guy who did sign this NDA. A huge deciding factor at the layoffs.
@jdoe @StaticR oh no not the layoffs
@lritter The FSF should make freedom-preserving NDAs since they say stuff against them (which is one of the few things they say/do that I agree with).

@lritter

"Discordians are not allowed to believe what they are reading, you know"

@lritter and you mentioned that there was another NDA - busted!
@marty_TrollPurse it's the only thing i'm allowed to say
@lritter Damn. Wish we thought of that.
@lritter I have a disclosure agreement

@lritter

them: with who?
me: with who*m*

@lritter
Kein Problem, ist ja sowieso nur scheinbar kaputt.

(Im Gegensatz zu "anscheinend")

@lritter that deserves an all-3: boost, favourite, AND bookmark for later use :)
@lritter You may be qualified to work in a 3 letter agency!

@lritter

me: sorry but i can't sign this NDA

them: why not?

me: i have this thing...

them: What thing?

me: We're calling it "a conscience".

@claudius @lritter

me: sorry but i can't sign this NDA

them: why not?

me: that would be SPECIFICALLY in violation of another NDA

them: uhm, not sus at all?

@w4tsn @lritter
me: sorry but i can't sign this NDA

them: why not?

me: I can't tell you.

them: oh, interesting. Why is that?

me: You will find out soon enough.

@lritter a lot of the time it should be "I can't sign that NDA, we have our customer data at cloud provider XYZ".
But I never heard that yet.

@lritter I've seen NDAs that were so restrictive that in practice we wouldn't be able to make use of the product the NDAs were protecting.

So ... guess what?

We bought a different product, from somebody else, who didn't insist on bollocks NDAs.