Welcome to the world of business. Usually the developer gets taken advantage of because they assumed the world to be fair and equal and companies to have your

Welcome to the world of business. Usually the developer gets taken advantage of because they assumed the world to be fair and equal and companies to have your best interest. In this case the developer got wind of an attempt to take advantage of him. He put in protection to prevent this. That's what a company would do. To not understanding why someone needed do that strikes me as a bit naive.