Perhaps this is overly simplistic, but by definition "work" is stuff I wouldn't do for free. I definitely do technical things for free, but I'm free to walk aw

Perhaps this is overly simplistic, but by definition "work" is stuff I wouldn't do for free. I definitely do technical things for free, but I'm free to walk away any time -- I think the essence of "work" is the inability to walk away (without terminating whatever contract is in place).