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by ImJamal 55 days ago
I hope this works out well and Mozilla takes notice. I've never understood why Mozilla doesn't at least take donations for Firefox.
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There are very good reasons why you 501(c)(3) doesn't allow setting up a non-profit that accept "donations" that benefit one of the non-profit's wholly owned for-profit subsidiaries.
Mozilla also isn't exactly strapped for cash. They pull in around half a billion dollars per year (to accomplish what could be done on a budget a tenth that size).
I understand that is the current situation, but they don't need the for-profit to be the one working on Firefox.