Ask HN: Would you sign an NDA with a strange term?
I wanted to have a chat with founders about joining a very early-stage startup in the health tech space, and they sent me an NDA to sign with a clause that says that for trade secrets, &quot;the obligations set forth herein shall survive indefinitely.&quot;. It seems out of whack to sign up for a lifelong obligation to have what might be a 60-minute convo. &quot;Indefinitely&quot; is a long time! OTOH, I know that broadly worded NDAs like that are likely to found to be invalid in a court of law. I tried to get them to change the clause to something more circumscribed but they abruptly dropped out instead.<p>WWYD? Have you signed an NDA even you thought it was BS because you wanted to avoid the confrontation? Do you think it&#x27;s important to stand your ground about these things? Do you a litmus test you apply to decide whether to go through with contracts?