If you sign a contract promising not to do it, then even if you're sure the company wouldn't know and wouldn't understand if they did know, you'd have to break your word in order to "just do it." And breaking your word is just not cool.
Just because it's legalese and in triplicate and the other party is a heartless money-grubbing corporation, that doesn't mean you haven't made a promise.
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If you sign a contract promising not to do it, then even if you're sure the company wouldn't know and wouldn't understand if they did know, you'd have to break your word in order to "just do it." And breaking your word is just not cool.
Just because it's legalese and in triplicate and the other party is a heartless money-grubbing corporation, that doesn't mean you haven't made a promise.