Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by elcritch on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:45AM
(#24129207)
Hmmm... if they could raise money, Servo and the "rust" link could have decent brand backing... Many alpha-geeks know of it.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by guerrilla on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:48AM
(#24129226)
Yeah, you're probably right especially considering rust. Maybe they can crowdfund it. I think a lot of us and many others using OSS would pitch in to see that happen.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by rjknight on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:20AM
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Same. As someone building a web app, the existence of good non-Blink/Webkit browsers is matter of importance to me, and I'd happily help to fund alternatives.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by smnthermes on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:03AM
(#24132161)
WebCore is already far diverged from Blink, and V8 was made from the scratch. WebKit is a solid alternative to Chromium.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by elric on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:56AM
(#24129269)
At this rate, the name is starting to become associated with incompetence, so maybe a fork with a new name might be a good idea.
A co-op would make for an interesting business model for a FOSS company. Has this been tried before? Are there any well known cases out there?
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by dandellion on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:07AM
(#24129332)
The atrocious management is the main reason I refuse to donate a cent to Mozilla. I have no problem donating monthly to Blender and Godot, even though I don't use those nearly as much as Firefox. I would love to support the developers if they made a fork that was actually supported by the community.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by sanxiyn on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:15AM
(#24129390)
Especially problematic is that there is no way to donate to Firefox. None. Neither is there way to donate to Rust. As a result, I donate to Zig, but not to Rust.
Re:Mozilla Fires Servo Devs and Security Response Teams
by elric on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:48AM
(#24132038)
The same seems true for many projects under the Apache Software Foundation banner. You can donate to the ASF, but not to (most? many?) individual projects. Might be nice for these types of foundations to update their donations policy. Support project-specific donations, and maybe take some % to support the parent foundation's working.
I wonder if the people being fired would be sufficiently equipped to do that themselves. Though losing access to the branding may not be workable.