Awesome. So in 6months you could work on freecad lol😁😁
On Mon, 12 Oct 2026, 11:06 pm Les Newell, <[email protected]> wrote: > There's about 6 months left on it. It may be difficult to enforce or > even invalid but I signed the contract so I'll stick by it. That's just > the way I am. > > Les > > On 12/10/2026 10:51, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > How long was the term of the non-compete clause? An indefinite term is > widely held to be illegal in the USA. The reasonableness test generally > limits the term to between 6 months to 2 years. > > Some states outright ban non-competes. > > > > Give that contract another look, especially if it's been 2+ years. Look > up your State's laws and rules on non-compete clauses. That clause might > never have been valid. > > > > On Monday, October 12, 2026 at 02:48:32 AM MDT, Les Newell < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Going back to the original question I thought it would be fun to see > > what Claude AI could create. In a day I had a GUI and basic 3D parallel > > machining with roughing and finish strategies. All vibe coded with > > probably 3-4 hours of my time actually spent working on it. The rest was > > doing other stuff while the AI did it's thing. I haven't even looked at > > the code let alone written any. > > > > The next day I put in another couple of hours and had much improved > > parallel machining and waterline. The g-code files are pretty huge ATM > > because it's all short line segments but it won't take much to add arc > > matching for G02/G03. That should massively reduce the line count. > > > > Unfortunately I can't release any of the code. When I sold SheetCam the > > contract included a non-compete clause. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
