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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by steveklabnik on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:40PM (#24134613)
Okay, but how does that money get from MoFo to MoCo?

If MoFo made Firefox, this would make sense. But they don’t.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by notyourday on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:55PM (#24134803)
> Okay, but how does that money get from MoFo to MoCo?

It is their problem, not my. They want money. It is restricted. Money is fungible. If they figure out how to use the money that is restricted then they need to spend less unrestricted money.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by steveklabnik on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:02PM (#24134875)
Okay, so, this is not actually practically possible today.

Thanks for elaborating though! I didn't know about this feature of donations.

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