Re:Mozilla Awards Over Half a Million to Open Source Projects
by sandov on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:31PM
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>Then you misunderstand what a 501(c)3 is and what it can do politically
I'm not saying that they did anything illegal. I said that I would not expect it of them.
Re:Mozilla Awards Over Half a Million to Open Source Projects
by phjesusthatguy3 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:42PM
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You don't expect people to exercise their rights?
Re:Mozilla Awards Over Half a Million to Open Source Projects
by sandov on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:54PM
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Do you expect Microsoft to open source their operating system?. I mean, it's their right to do it.
Re:Mozilla Awards Over Half a Million to Open Source Projects
by phjesusthatguy3 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @09:16PM
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No, but that's not what we're talking about.
Mozilla giving money away is totally expected. You may not like who they gave the money to, but that's totally within your rights. If you look at what RiseUp says they do[0], it's that they run an email system that they attempt to keep the US Government out of. I am being led to believe that you don't agree with their reasons why, which is fine by me.
Then you misunderstand what a 501(c)3 is and what it can do politically[0]. I expect Mozilla to get right up to the line of what is acceptable for that type of organization and probably cross it multiple times, because it appears no one is actually held to account unless the violations are flagrant.
Donating $100k to an email service that claims to attempt to keep the US Government from snooping your email[1] doesn't even come close, IMO.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)_organization#Limitat...
[1]https://riseup.net/en/about-us