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Re: [ox-en] Fwd from Martin Hardie

first, to me it seems strange that they dont speak on the exact income they made and that there is no openness and transparency as regards to the money they made. i read that someone confirmed that is some million dollar amount (but not 72 million), but not the precise amount.
second, aol has founded mozilla and (i think) they have invested two million dollars. aol is a company and has invested this money in order to make more money.
third, i look at what they do: they sit on a cash pile of millions of dollar (between 50 and 72 have been reported). yet, the writer of the best firefox extension got a (i presume) corporate sponsorship (alienware computer).
so no real evidence that would hold in court, but im sure if people look at what happens to the money and how mozilla is acting now they will make up their own opinion.
assuming the above are facts, how do you personally interpret those acts? is the mozilla foundation acting in the best interest and spirit of an open source project?
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:34:20 [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED], Robin Green <greenrd greenrd.org> wrote: 


On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:22:39 +0200
Markus <markus vodes.net> wrote:

todays problem with money is that
for most its an end in itself: whether its a foundation (mozilla) or
a company (microsoft) is of no relevance. the latter is at least
honest about it.


If it pursed money (i.e. more money for salaries for employees, since
there are no shareholders) as an end in itself, the Mozilla Foundation
would be acting illegally and in breach of its charter. That's not what
not-for-profit organizations are supposed to do. Do you have any
evidence of that?



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