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 The monument in front of Mozilla's headquarters in San Francisco, California[1] | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | August 3, 2005 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Number of employees |  ~750 (2020)[3] |
| Parent | Mozilla Foundation |
| Subsidiaries | Mozilla China[4] |
| Website | www |
The Mozilla Corporation (stylized as moz://a) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet-related applications such as the Firefox web browser, by a global community of open-source developers, some of whom are employed by the corporation itself. The corporation also distributes and promotes these products. Unlike the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla open source project, founded by the now defunct Netscape Communications Corporation, the Mozilla Corporation is a taxable entity. The Mozilla Corporation reinvests all of its profits back into the Mozilla projects.[5] The Mozilla Corporation's stated aim is to work towards the Mozilla Foundation's public benefit to "promote choice and innovation on the Internet."[6]
A MozillaZine article explained:
The Mozilla Foundation will ultimately control the activities of the Mozilla Corporation and will retain its 100 percent ownership of the new subsidiary. Any profits made by the Mozilla Corporation will be invested back into the Mozilla project. There will be no shareholders, no stock options will be issued and no dividends will be paid. The Mozilla Corporation will not be floating on the stock market and it will be impossible for any company to take over or buy a stake in the subsidiary. The Mozilla Foundation will continue to own the Mozilla trademarks and other intellectual property and will license them to the Mozilla Corporation. The Foundation will also continue to govern the source code repository and control who is allowed to check in.[7]
- ^ Mozilla moves out of Mountain View San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
mf2022statementwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cimpanu, Catalin (August 11, 2020). "Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a 'new focus' on making money". The Verge. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "全新的 Firefox 火狐浏览器 — 职业机会". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ staff (August 5, 2005), Mozilla Foundation Reorganization, Mozilla Corporation, archived from the original on April 22, 2009
- ^ "Mozilla Foundation Forms New Organization to Further the Creation of Free, Open Source Internet Software, Including the Award-Winning Mozilla Firefox Browser" (Press release). Mozilla. August 3, 2005.
- ^ MozillaZine article: "Mozilla Foundation Announces Creation of Mozilla Corporation" Retrieved via the Internet Archive on 03-24-2009.