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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Legal business contract stuff, most likely. Different countries have different employment law requirements, so Mozilla would realistically need legal representation in those places. That gets pricy fast.

I'm also excluded, for what it's worth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you can't "employ" someone but you can enter into a contract with a business a business that happens to be a single person business.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Depends where you are. There are tax implications for this too. look at IR35 in the UK