Google executive Marissa Mayer left many unanswered questions this week when she gave notice to Google and started working as the CEO at one of the web-search giant’s competitors, Yahoo. One of the queries making the rounds on Mayer’s Google Plus circles and everyone else’s Twitter feeds caught our attention: “Did Marissa Mayer have a noncompete?”

The short answer is: No. California law doesn’t permit strict noncompete agreements.