As others have pointed out, that phrase means something else. What they were doing here is usually referred to as sharecropping, because you're building your b

As others have pointed out, that phrase means something else. What they were doing here is usually referred to as sharecropping, because you're building your business on someone else's land/platform. The real owner can kick you out at any time, and you have no recourse. http://weblog.raganwald.com/2004/11/sharecropping-in-orchard.html http://weblog.raganwald.com/2004/11/sharecropping-in-orchard...