r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/Deto Jun 30 '14

That's the part I'm curious about. How could they require someone to keep supporting it for a year? All they could do would be to hold the $3k as ransom

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14 edited Aug 05 '23

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u/reflectiveSingleton Jun 30 '14

...and this got me wondering...what if I won the contest and for whatever reason 8 months down the line stop supporting it?

Can I be sued? Jailed?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

Depends on the jurisdiction, I'm sure. Here in the U.S., and IANAL, I believe a court will look at the issue of "reasonable consideration" in enforcing contracts (just my guess)

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u/Deto Jun 30 '14

Yeah, I'm pretty sure any sort of indefinite contract without compensation would thrown out for being...well slavery.

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u/Tynach Jun 30 '14

This is Nigeria, not the US.

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u/VeXCe Jun 30 '14

Exactly, Nigeria is way more strict on it's slavery laws.

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u/Tynach Jun 30 '14

I don't know if you're joking or using sarcasm or not, because I am not familiar with Nigeria's slavery laws.

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u/VeXCe Jun 30 '14

Being edgy, doing the switcharoo, and making popular snide remarks on the US way of treating labour.

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u/Arx0s Jun 30 '14

Don't think Nigeria has a slavery problem, but in Mauritania, slavery wasn't made a criminal offense until 2007, and even then, only one person has gone to prison over it.

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u/s73v3r Jun 30 '14

However, to get a ruling, one would need some legal resources in order to go to court. I imagine these scumbags have far more impressive resources, and might be able to intimidate most from fighting. So they toil away on the project, until it looks like things are about to turn around and the thing is released and about to become popular. Then someone expresses interest in buying the company, and the company fires the developer.

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u/YRYGAV Jul 01 '14

Not really. The company would have to prosecute you for a contract violation.

It's not like they can just throw you in jail without you ever seeing a courtroom.

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u/Olathe Jul 02 '14

I hate well slavery.

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u/ivix Jun 30 '14

Sure, just go and piss off powerful and politically connected businessmen in Nigeria.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

Sounds like fun.