Gemal's Psyched Blog - Comments on Mozilla Foundation non-profit no more? http://gemal.dk/blog/2008/11/20/mozilla_foundation_nonprofit_no_more/index.html According to Techcrunch Mozilla Foundation is being audited by the IRS and its non-profit status is in question: On the audit of the Foundation there has not been any formal notification of issues. There has been inquiry regarding its tax... en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:48:53 +0100 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:30:21 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gemal.dk/ http://gemal.dk//pics/favicon.png Gemal's Psyched Blog By Mike Beltzner Henrik, the TechCrunch article is misleading, misinformed, and misreading the statements. These are the facts:The Mozilla Corporation is not registered as a non-profit entity, pays taxes, receives revenues, etc.The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization, and its status is not under question.Google does not provide funds to Mozilla as "charity"; it's a negotiated revenue deal, and they make more money off of the traffic generated than they pay to Mozilla. It's easy to forget that, but this is not a charity issue; it's an "affinity" revenue sharing deal.I would appreciate it if you updated your summary to reflect the fact that you're linking to an article rife with inaccuracies. Henrik, the TechCrunch article is misleading, misinformed, and misreading the statements. These are the facts:

The Mozilla Corporation is not registered as a non-profit entity, pays taxes, receives revenues, etc.

The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization, and its status is not under question.

Google does not provide funds to Mozilla as "charity"; it's a negotiated revenue deal, and they make more money off of the traffic generated than they pay to Mozilla. It's easy to forget that, but this is not a charity issue; it's an "affinity" revenue sharing deal.

I would appreciate it if you updated your summary to reflect the fact that you're linking to an article rife with inaccuracies.

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2008/11/20/mozilla_foundation_nonprofit_no_more/#comment1?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2008/11/20/mozilla_foundation_nonprofit_no_more/#comment1 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:55:17 +0100 Mike Beltzner beltzner@mozilla.com By Simon So, sounds like the writer might be confusing Corporation and Foundation? So, sounds like the writer might be confusing Corporation and Foundation?

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2008/11/20/mozilla_foundation_nonprofit_no_more/#comment2?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2008/11/20/mozilla_foundation_nonprofit_no_more/#comment2 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:06 +0100 Simon delgarde@yahoo.com