> A publicly-traded company is likely not the appropriate structure if you want to create free software. Fixed. Non-public companies can sometimes be an approp

> A publicly-traded company is likely not the appropriate structure if you want to create free software. Fixed. Non-public companies can sometimes be an appropriate structure. E.g. the Mozilla Corporation: as a for-profit entity it can do a lot of things that the non-profit Mozilla Foundation can't, but it's 100% owned and completely controlled by the Foundation, and reinvests all profits back into the Mozilla project.