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> You'd be donating to the Mozilla foundation, not the Mozilla corporation, which develops Firefox. Do you know of a good source of neutral information on Mozi
by Gaelan 6y ago
> You'd be donating to the Mozilla foundation, not the Mozilla corporation, which develops Firefox.
Do you know of a good source of neutral information on Mozilla's Foundation/Corporation split? I've heard claims everywhere from "it's an accounting thing with no practical implications" to "Mozilla is now 100% for-profit and evil", and have no idea who's right.
- stu2b50 6y agoI don't think such a thing exists. It's a pretty niche topic. The Mozilla foundation is a non profit which owns all of Mozilla corporation. Because foundation is a non profit, donations to it are tax deductible. They also cannot funnel money into corporation, either, as a result. It's not that easy to be a tax evasion vehicle. It does mean that the corporation is not beholden to external equity owners; its just beholden to the foundation. But the corporation is also 100% for profit, although they evidently struggle to earn said profit. Mozilla isn't quite a non profit nor a for profit company in aggregate as a result.