Hello,
A few months ago I answered an add in a Wyoming newspaper for a programmer. This job was working at home with my software and my computer. I signed an agreement that included NOT to develop "blank" related software for a period of 3 years after I quit doing work for them. There is NO set geographical limits in the entire contract so I assume that it could be anywhere.
In the consideration portion of the contract they have the right to turn down or accept any price that I claim that I need for doing a peticular area of software writings.
One thing, the guy continued to push me get started writing code ASAP and he always kept on saying it was so I could start earning moneys right away. He said this several times over and over that I should get started writing code ASAP so I could earn some money.
Oddly enough I was seriously injured on another job 2 days later and needed surgery. So I (((NEVER))) wrote any code, (((NEVER))) gave him any dollar amounts, and he (((NEVER))) paid me a thing. All that I did while I was in my injured/recovery state was study a couple of books on the subject of his type of programming. I mentioned rewriting the code to him and he jumped in and modified some of the words and methods of how this was to work as far as estimating the work and he renamed and redifined my position relative to what was discussed and waht was in the contract. He did this all in an email which I have saved all emails between the two of us.
This upset me so I told him that since there was obviously not a meeting of the minds I was exercising any and all rights to terminate any and all contracts between us and that I was no longer going to spend my time looking at his software problems for free. I also did this in the local public paper. All of his code was removed from my computer and all of his disks and paers were returned to him.
Ignoring the above items since I never wrote any code, never gave him any estimates, he never gave me a single penny, and I returned everything to him that was rigghtfully owned by him...
Can he still hold me to the agreement...
Not To Develop "blank" related software for 3 years???
I could post the consideration and non compete areas of the contract if you need it. I used "blank" since it ius somewhat of a specific area.
Thanks,

