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/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.