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You are comparing apples to oranges. Your neighbour will not make billions of off your shoveled sidewalk and you won't have to spend years perfecting the art of
by varispeed 6y ago
You are comparing apples to oranges. Your neighbour will not make billions of off your shoveled sidewalk and you won't have to spend years perfecting the art of shoveling just to perform that task over multiple months.
- sokoloff 6y agoIs it illegal for them to hire me (or ask me and direct me) to shovel their sidewalk for free or not? Does the legality depend on their making billions? I think you’re crossing legal and moral arguments. I might decide to shovel my fixed-income pensioner neighbor’s sidewalk for free while deciding to not shovel Larry Ellison’s sidewalk on the other side of my property even if he asked nicely (which I doubt he would). That’s a moral/ethical choice on my part, but the law everywhere probably allows that transaction. If you don’t want to contribute your time, skills, and attention to open-source, I don’t see anyone suggesting that you be forced to do so. You are the one claiming that there’s something that ought to be illegal about it, with which I disagree.
- varispeed 6y agoIn my country it is illegal, however it wouldn't be enforced as this is a minor thing, but if you were a registered company and tried to get someone to clean the pavement around your office for free, then you could get into a serious problem. Even if the person agreed to do it for free, they could then report your for not paying a minimum wage.