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It's a common wish here at HN that one would like to donate directly to Firefox development. Is there a legal reason that Mozilla can't do this considering their setup having the Mozilla Corporation run Firefox development? What else could their reasons be for at least not experimenting with the option?

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Because alot of people who otherwise donate to Mozilla would then donate to Firefox directly and that is not what the execs really want to happen.

I would donate to Mozilla if >50% went to FF development. Considering that I haven't seen prompts to donate in Firefox(for that last years at least), in the release notes, etc. It seems like a missed opportunity, both for FF development and for other Mozilla projects.

> What else could their reasons be for at least not experimenting with the option?

Greed. They want to have they money to spend on increasing their own salaries each year, while their market share is plummeting.

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