[kwlug-disc] Let's Encrypt out of beta

[Daniel Villarreal]

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On 04/14/2016 04:10 AM, B.S. via kwlug-disc wrote:
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There's a pretty long list of sponsors on their website, I doubt
they are beholden to anyone. They have so much goodwill and support
from groups like Eff and Mozilla that have genuine interest in
securing the web...
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Mozilla's not just in it for financial gain?
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Partnering/Repacks/Policy_and_Process#Revenue-i
mpacting_Changes
mission statement
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mission/
See #9 of their manifesto. Hmmm.
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#9 sounds worse than it actually is ... Substantially, the internet /
web browsing is used for information - quite frequently surrounding
the things we use in our daily lives. Those things are ... products.
We _want_ product information, ideas, and rumours from others, and
such is significantly enhance by producers willingly participating and
providing information on themselves. e.g. Product info, manuals,
reviews, customer support, contact info., warranty info., complaint
paths. And general public commentary surrounding all such.

So inherently there is a dichotomy to the internet in that we want
commercial interests to be present, and so must have an environment in
which they want to be present. I don't disagree that mozilla takes it
too far and things are more commercial than I want them to be, but we
also definitely don't want it to be zero. The balance point is ... fuzzy
.
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I don't have a problem with a company trying to earn a profit, but I
think it may be a bit much for a company to try to allegedly,
apparently, push an image of exclusively doing things "just" for the
benefit of the public.

I appreciate the Mozilla corporation allowing me to use their
software, without charge... this brings up the question: how do they
earn their money?

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/moco/

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