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Re:Large Corporations Aren’t Going to Save the Real Linux Co... by amelius on Sunday November 08, 2020 @04:02PM (#25028994)
How would e.g. Mozilla fit in that view?
Re:Large Corporations Aren’t Going to Save the Real Linux Co... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday November 08, 2020 @04:57PM (#25029469)
As far as I know Mozilla doesn't sell any software licenses. They were almost entirely subsidized by Netscape from 1998 to 2003, then by Google from 2005 to 2014, and by a variety of search engines competing for Firefox default status since then. That kind of "cash cow" model gives you a lot more organizational freedom than software licensing.