Mozilla’s uncertain future

Some thoughts on Mozilla for people who don’t know Mozilla.

What is Mozilla?Permalink

Mozilla is actually two things, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, which are often confused and conflated in public discourse. (There’s actually at least one other piece, but these two are the main ones.) The Mozilla Foundation, founded in 2003 to take over development of the source code for the Netscape web browser, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, with a staff of 80 people and a budget of about $27 million in 2018, the last year for which figures are available. The Mozilla Corporation, founded in 2005, is a for-profit business, wholly owned by the Mozilla Foundation, with a staff of about a thousand and revenue of about $440 million, again from the 2018...

Some thoughts on Mozilla for people who don’t know Mozilla.

What is Mozilla?Permalink

Mozilla is actually two things, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, which are often confused and conflated in public discourse. (There’s actually at least one other piece, but these two are the main ones.) The Mozilla Foundation, founded in 2003 to take over development of the source code for the Netscape web browser, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, with a staff of 80 people and a budget of about $27 million in 2018, the last year for which figures are available. The Mozilla Corporation, founded in 2005, is a for-profit business, wholly owned by the Mozilla Foundation, with a staff of about a thousand and revenue of about $440 million, again from the 2018 financials...