Yes, XUL is dead and Firefox is evolving into a Chrome substitute and while people have serious concerns about it, fact of the matter is that Chrome was designed for web apps and almost 9 years after its release Chrome is still the best browser available for web apps.

Unfortunately Thunderbird is also a dead end, being incompatible with Firefox's direction. Thunderbird is still under active development, I'm one of their users, being the best email client for the desktop. no owners) without restricting the company's activities, minus tax exemption and being able to issue tax receipts.įor context: I founded a non-charitable nonprofit in Canada I'm not super familiar with the US side of things so I'm happy to be corrected. If the concept of a non-charitable nonprofit exists in your jurisdiction, you can get the benefits of a nonprofit structure (ie. The words 'charity' and 'nonprofit' are interchangeable in the US for that reason. In the US, on the other hand, to the best of my knowledge, one has to establish a for-profit entity first and then apply to the IRS to recognize it as a charity (which is a lengthy process). Regional differences may be relevant here: in Canada, you can incorporate a nonprofit corporation and later apply for charity status (which restricts the company's possible activities in exchange for a 0% income tax rate) but it's completely optional. AFAIK, Mozilla has the structure they do because the IRS frowns upon charities (which is shorthand for 'tax-exempt corporation') engaging in business-like activities but is fine with charities owning for-profit companies as a source of income (and like any shareholder can do, direct the for-profit company to benefit its owner).

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