I agree, you should read the fine print. However, depending on where
you live, NDAs may be worth no more than the paper they're printed on.
I recently heard from a solicitor that NDAs are rarely enforceable:
they're more a gentleman's agreement than a legally enforceable
document. The corollary is that anything that is released under an
NDA is not _really_ secret. Of course, blatant theft is always more
dangerous in IP cases than a gradual diffusion of information, as was
described previously.
Now, while you may not land in jail, a court case from Microsoft or
Intel (say) could make your life pretty miserable even if their case
is insubstantial.
-- Martin Pool <m.pool@pharos.com.au> Pharos Business Solutions"Does the state really care about your own misguided will?"