Archived version, for posterity.
Take note Bluesky fans: Your “benevolent” controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board…
Take note Bluesky fans: Your “benevolent” controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board…
Mozilla and Firefox too…
Except Mozilla has declining revenues.
Possibly even less money in the future if the Google antitrust suit bars them from paying Mozilla to place their search engine first.
I mean, that can be even worse IMO, desperation can be just as bad as greed, even if the motives are very different
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License
Mozilla can’t stop people from modifying or distributing firefox without changing its license.
If they do change the license, then all the versions up to that point will still be fair game for modification and redistribution.
This is part of why copyleft is so important. Relying on proprietary software means there’s nothing we can do if the “owner” decides to change course.
