Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance
by alex_duf on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @02:14PM
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Plus it doesn't forbid people to make a donation to support the software they like right ? That's what I do, knowing FFx isn't making any money from me, and knowing that I'm using years and years of development is a good enough reason for me.
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Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance
by zobzu on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:24PM
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When you donate it goes to Mozilla Foundation while search deal money goes to Mozilla Corporation AFAIK.
That means they actually need donations for the foundation to run (but its not 800 employees so its much less money). Legally you can't fund the Foundation with the Corporation money - since that would make 2 Corporation and zero Foundation then :)
I don't know if the opposite is possible (send donations from Foundation to the Corporation) but I suspect it has the same problem/effect.
Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance
by bzbarsky on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:47AM
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> Legally you can't fund the Foundation with the Corporation money
The Foundation is the sole owner of the Corporation. The Corporation pays dividends to the Foundation.
Now the amount of those dividends can't be too much if the Foundation wants to keep its nonprofit status. "Too much" is determined by how much people donate: the restriction is on fraction of money that comes from non-donations.