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Very vague objective with $30 million thrown at it. That money ain't coming back out.

by c7DJTLrn 3y ago

vdfs 3y ago
At least they secured mozilla.ai domain
- kdottt 3y ago
  Money well spent haha
  - NewJazz 3y ago
    Yeah they can host one webpage that links back to Mozilla.org. Nice!
- palad1n 3y ago
  I can't see that as having been of high demand by anyone else.
  - NewJazz 3y ago
    Scams, likely!
UberFly 3y ago
They need to divert profits to stay valid on their non-profit tax exemption. Just a wild guess.
- kibwen 3y ago
  That's not how a 501c3 charity works. There are very strict rules about what the charitable funds can be used for, and "software development" (let alone "AI development") isn't one of those, even if the software is given away for free. "To establish 501(c)(3) status, your organization needs to be charitable (providing relief to the needy or distressed), educational (improving skills of individuals or providing useful information to the general public), scientific (research in a manner sufficiently in the public interest and not commercial), or in a few other categories (religious, youth amateur sports, etc.)." https://www.mill.law/blog/more-501c3-rejections-open-source-software-edition https://www.mill.law/blog/more-501c3-rejections-open-source-... The Mozilla Foundation, the charity part, uses its funds for education.
  - bdcravens 3y ago
    Funds can be used for operations, which can include software development. (Not really applicable in the Mozilla.ai case, where software would likely be the raison d'etre
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Sooo... about the Apache Software Foundation
SilasX 3y ago
Haha yeah even with the very specific project of “build a reliable, privacy oriented browser”, you’re scratching your head at where the money went. Like, “no unsigned extensions” with “oops we forgot to renew the cert, and you can’t opt out, hope your life didn’t depend on any privacy extensions or anything!”

Very vague objective with $30 million thrown at it. That money ain't coming back out.

vdfs 3y ago

At least they secured mozilla.ai domain

kdottt 3y ago
Money well spent haha
- NewJazz 3y ago
  Yeah they can host one webpage that links back to Mozilla.org. Nice!
palad1n 3y ago
I can't see that as having been of high demand by anyone else.
- NewJazz 3y ago
  Scams, likely!

UberFly 3y ago

They need to divert profits to stay valid on their non-profit tax exemption. Just a wild guess.

kibwen 3y ago
That's not how a 501c3 charity works. There are very strict rules about what the charitable funds can be used for, and "software development" (let alone "AI development") isn't one of those, even if the software is given away for free. "To establish 501(c)(3) status, your organization needs to be charitable (providing relief to the needy or distressed), educational (improving skills of individuals or providing useful information to the general public), scientific (research in a manner sufficiently in the public interest and not commercial), or in a few other categories (religious, youth amateur sports, etc.)." https://www.mill.law/blog/more-501c3-rejections-open-source-software-edition https://www.mill.law/blog/more-501c3-rejections-open-source-... The Mozilla Foundation, the charity part, uses its funds for education.
- bdcravens 3y ago
  Funds can be used for operations, which can include software development. (Not really applicable in the Mozilla.ai case, where software would likely be the raison d'etre
- fragmede 3y ago
  Sooo... about the Apache Software Foundation

SilasX 3y ago

Haha yeah even with the very specific project of “build a reliable, privacy oriented browser”, you’re scratching your head at where the money went. Like, “no unsigned extensions” with “oops we forgot to renew the cert, and you can’t opt out, hope your life didn’t depend on any privacy extensions or anything!”