https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation
At least wikipedia claims that Google pays Mozilla Corporation which is a taxable entity. I could have misread and misunderstood the article though. Thanks for that link, most informative indeed. The setup seems to be that Mozilla corporation manages the commercial business, the things that would limit the foundation in terms of funding,
Hi there, On Tue, 13 Aug 2024, Dhaval Giani wrote: then turns around and reinvests all of the profits not consumed by business costs back to the foundation. Someone should update those numbers, the percentage provided is from 2006..and Google is spending billions on blocking their search engine competitors. And, basically, that is the problem. Antitrust is rooted in the idea that a company with very deep pockets uses those pockets to prevent others in the same industry from reaching the market equally. I note too that the click-through add process likely? means those doing ad business with google are persuaded by numbers showing how much of the search engine market Google controls. The point is that Google is not earning that market share fairly, they are basically paying companies not to allow for any other default search options. Consider how strongly that impacts even popular culture. How often you have come across the term search, with google, as in I googled to reach xYZ. This is not about an end user's ability to change their default search engines, it is about Google insuring that the first engine much of the market things of is google, by buying others out of equal market consideration. When i do a search for example, I can type elinks www.duckduckgo.com For the market to be reasonably balanced, any end user should be able to type the search engine wish, no default gui wise at all. Certainly no need to manipulate that choice. Speaking to the topic behind this thread, Mozilla should be able to negotiate deals with others, and other companies should reasonably feel they have a fighting chance at some of the browser market. How ever that might look. The media coverage on this ruling touches on just how much money google was spending to insure they were the default. Yes, even tax exempt organizations stateside can, after a fashion, produce revenue outside of donations. However, after a certain level that income becomes subject to taxes there. Girl scout cookies are a simple example. after a certain percentage, the money earned from sales is considered taxable. it seems Mozilla is avoiding this limit by having the corporation as a separate subsidiary, with that subsidiary supporting the foundation's mission by reinvesting the profits back to them. Kare
Dhaval