Why is Mozilla selling out free software?

Posted on 23 October 2007 by Gavin Baker

Promote Firefox, win a Mac full of proprietary software. Wait, what?

You do realize that OS X doesn’t even come with Firefox pre-loaded, right?

And you do realize that other manufacturers offer laptops pre-loaded with Firefox and Linux, right?

So why in the world should the prize for promoting open source be closed?

Update: Mozilla is also giving away a Macbook for their Extend Firefox contest. For the avoidance of doubt: “Apple is not a sponsor of the Extend Firefox competition.”

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3 Responses to Why is Mozilla selling out free software?

  1. asa@mozilla.org says:
    23 October 2007 at 7:37 pm

    “So why in the world should the prize for promoting open source be closed?”

    Because it’s better to have a prize that people actually want to win than not.

    No one is requiring that the winner use Mac OS X. I like to run Vista on my Macbook Pro. That way I feel safe knowing I’m protected by superior DRM and there’s no scary unix underneath my OS :-)

    - A

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