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Mozilla is largely a for-profit corporation. Their end goal is profit. Same for their execs: maximize their own profit individually. Once this is understood i

• crazygringo 6y ago
  Can you expand? I did a little research and found on Wikipedia: > The Mozilla Foundation is an American not-for-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project... Unlike the Mozilla Foundation, the Mozilla Corporation is a tax-paying entity, which gives it much greater freedom in the revenue and business activities it can pursue. [1] > The Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation... Any profits made by the Mozilla Corporation will be invested back into the Mozilla project. There will be no shareholders, no stock options will be issued and no dividends will be paid. The Mozilla Corporation will not be floating on the stock market and it will be impossible for any company to take over or buy a stake in the subsidiary. [2] So seems like the for-profit part is just to give it more flexibility in achieving the non-profit aims? I'd love to know why you think "their end goal is profit". There's nothing in the Wikipedia pages about any substantiated criticism there. So just curious if there are real reasons for thinking this, or not. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation
  • hu3 6y ago
    You're right. I meant corporation. Fixed.