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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by protomyth on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:20AM (#14839149)
Isn't Mozilla organized as a for-profit that owns a non-profit? Actually, if you look at US tax law there are reasons that some non-profits have for-profit parts. I know Mayo was organized that way. I think it had to do with some salary requirements, but its been twenty years, so I'm a bit fuzzy.
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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by steveklabnik on Monday July 24, 2017 @12:02PM (#14839592)
There is a non-profit (The Mozilla Foundation, affectionately referred to as "mofo") which owns a for-profit (The Mozilla Corporation, known as "moco") as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

The corporation is governed by the same rules as the foundation, compare https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/

> Our work is guided by the Mozilla Manifesto.

to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/moco/

> The Mozilla Corporation is guided by the principles of the Mozilla Manifesto.

(I'm an employee of moco, I've always felt like I'm working at a values-based rather than a profit-based organization, personally.)

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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by protomyth on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:29PM (#14841827)
I guess my point is that the profit status might not be the most important thing to determine what values your organization has.
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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by maxerickson on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:41AM (#14839374)
The Mozilla non profit is the owner of a for profit company that carries out much of their activity. Which you probably meant, but you've typed it the other way around.
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Re:How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source co... by protomyth on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:27PM (#14841813)
Yeah, I meant in the same way as Mayo (NP -> FP). Not enough coffee, thanks.
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