New Search Strategy for Firefox

Re:New Search Strategy for Firefox by bzbarsky on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @08:55PM (#8633971)

There's a difference between the Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation. The latter owns the former. Revenue for the former is not revenue for the latter, though dividend payments from the former to the latter are revenues for the latter.

The Form 990 is for the Foundation. You probably want to look at https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Fi... instead, since that includes the subsidiary Mozilla Corporation. Page number 4 (sixth page of the PDF), the "Revenues and other support" table.

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Re:New Search Strategy for Firefox by gorhill on Thursday November 20, 2014 @07:54AM (#8635469)

Thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware there was a for-profit subsidiary.

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Re:New Search Strategy for Firefox by fwenzel on Thursday November 20, 2014 @06:35PM (#8638897)

Technically, a not-for-profit taxable subsidiary. (That makes a difference because the company purpose of Mozilla Corporation is still not to make money/raise shareholder value, despite the fact this it is fully taxable like any other company).

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Re:New Search Strategy for Firefox by dragonwriter on Thursday November 20, 2014 @06:40PM (#8638918)

Isn't the purpose of Mozilla Corporation exactly to make money which inures to the benefit of its sole shareholder (Mozilla Foundation), making it just like any for-profit company except that it happens to be owned by a nonprofit?

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