[rurban]

> gray area that stifles innovation

Innovation by theft? Well, California is a very special outlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause

[fragmede]

Innovation by theft is how Hollywood got its start. too far from New Jersey for the patent protections of Thomas Edison to be enforced, independent filmmakers were able to make movies without paying royalties

[relistan]

Many other places would like to be an outlier like California. Paying more attention to what makes it that way is probably a good place to start.

[sharpneli]

And that is why we use products made by companies in California.

Non competes are good for the big incubent companies, but bad for the economy and the workers.