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> [...] support Thunderbird is through donations I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way.
by jannes 1y ago
> [...] support Thunderbird is through donations
I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way.
They'll just use it to pay their executive salaries.
- josteink 1y agoOr support radical activist groups unrelated to software or technology. Absolutely bonkers.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoLike?
- josteink 1y agoSource: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest... I know people here don’t like Bryan Lunduke, but besides the opinions added, this is factual, sourced reporting.
- omnimus 1y agoThat kinda proves they would spend it on executive salaries. As the spend on "radical groups" in the article is almost nothing compared to salaries of their management.
- josteink 1y agoThis article is from 2023. Recent years they’ve gone into decolonisation, Marxism, anti-capitalism and afro-centrism as well, just to mention a few. No doubt though that the increase in executive salaries has been way beyond criticism as well. Their finances seems a total mess and completely hijacked.
- wsmwk 1y agoPerhaps factual - I can't say. But it's a different company. EOM.
- wsmwk 1y ago> I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way. You are basing this statement on what data? https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate is managed by MZLA, it has one open source product, Thunderbird. We pay a required Thunderbird trademark fee to the Mozilla Foundation and little more than that, which is captured in https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials.