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  • namingthingsiseasy@programming.devEnglish
    341·
    6 days ago

    As a bit of an aside, I learned recently why Mozilla has the weird Corporate/Foundation structure that it does: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47701441

    Basically the IRS is highly skeptical of the idea that free software development fits the legal definition of a 501©(3), and tends to reject such applications [1][2]. That is why Mozilla Foundation cannot use donations for Firefox development, and instead uses them for activism.

    Someone claiming to be the CEO of one of these foundations appears to confirm it. Just thought people might be interested to know since this comes up in pretty much every thread about Mozilla.

    • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      If that’s the case, isn’t it strange Mozilla is shuffling their funds to a different for-profit subsidiary to build a different product?

  • drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    191·
    6 days ago

    Is this talking about Thunderbolt 3, 4, 5, is will this require Thunderbolt 6 when it comes out…

    I don’t think my cables are fast enough to load Ai, nor do I have it in my rack where I would be running an enterprise AI…

    Stupid naming, why is everyone trying to cause confusion and why are so few getting into trouble for it. Maybe the original owners of the name should loose access as they are not enforcing the Trademark.

    • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Trademarks are generally confined to their trade, like how dove soap and dove chocolate aren’t at all affiliated? I guess they figured nobody would confuse cables for programs

      • drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I can see that, but with tech if feels extra close as the name will certainly end up on a non descript bullet point list of compatibilities together somewhere, or it will be thought of as an accessory to each other.

        Thunderbolt Ai is an tool for managing Ai running on thunderbolt rdma network configurations… that kinda thing. It’s hard picking a good name, but this feels like something a org would want to avoid getting to close to.

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
    61·
    6 days ago

    Why is Mozilla using their money to build a free product, in partnership with a company that appears to have enough money for itself?

    DeepSet raised $44 million in venture capital funding. It should be able to fund the project themselves, like how Google funds Firefox.

    Meanwhile, Mozilla has promised $65 million total, for numerous AI projects and AI advocacy… stuff… and that funding has probably already spread pretty thin with dozens of beneficiaries.