Re: [ox-en] mozilla use of money
- From: Markus <markus vodes.net>
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:47:43 +0200
there are two issues here:
1), who should get something and how much in the case of the mozilla
foundation;
2), whether there should be a "killer application" open source software to
the benefit of the whole community; not owned by a private entity but by
representatives of the community. now, i see this list as an appropriate
(because its long term) forum to pose this question.
dont get paid) yet they dont get anything back.
That's bullshit. They get back improvements and bugfixes to firefox,
as for 1), true and defenitely you have a valid point. you very well can
be satisfied with this. and given the upfront investment of aol this seems
indeed fair. however, i have to admit that my desire to see open source
successful something has a negative impact on my objectivity. apologies.
luckily there are people like you who reveal this.
regarding 2, personally, i believe that a browser with such revenue
potential could be of much more help to the overall success of open
source. but i see that not many inhere share this believe. perhaps over
time ill see if im wrong. right now im stubborn.
paid for by the ad revenue and donations. 40(?) members of staff don't
work for free you know.
i specifically mentioned the beta testers and not the 35 staff members of
the mozilla for-profit corporation. as i said, i asked for some insight
how many people (beta tester, people who write translations, extenstions
etc) invest their time into the development of mozilla for no exchange of
money.
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