&gt;No, they are compensated in what is agreed to by both sides<p>Yes, and if they were not made better off by it they would have never agreed to it.<p>&gt;which is not necessarily fair or representative of the part they played in building the business.<p>No one is compensated based on what percentage they contribute to building a business or product. That is referred to the labor theory of value and it has been disproven.<p>As for fair, you tell me what fair is.