Re:Servo’s new home
by eitland on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:32AM
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> Sure, you can donate money to develop Firefox,
My understanding:
I'm fairly sure they've said they are not allowed to direct money from the Foundation to Mozilla Corporation, and it kind of makes sense until you realize it is the coroporation that creates the outcome you want not the other way around.
Also - from my point of view it looks like the Foundation is overfunded the last few years while the guys who create Firefox are underfunded, but I'm not an expert so it might very well be more complicated.
I also don't want to say Mozillas management are useless: they somehow managed to land a huge deal earlier this year, but I will admit I sometimes find some of their decisions puzzling.
Re:Servo’s new home
by ygjb on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:31PM
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You are correct; you can't direct money to Mozilla to develop Firefox, by way of the foundation. You can fund OSS contributors, not Mozilla staff (and they are well funded already, to work on Firefox).
My understanding:
I'm fairly sure they've said they are not allowed to direct money from the Foundation to Mozilla Corporation, and it kind of makes sense until you realize it is the coroporation that creates the outcome you want not the other way around.
Also - from my point of view it looks like the Foundation is overfunded the last few years while the guys who create Firefox are underfunded, but I'm not an expert so it might very well be more complicated.
I also don't want to say Mozillas management are useless: they somehow managed to land a huge deal earlier this year, but I will admit I sometimes find some of their decisions puzzling.