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Mozdev Organizational ChangesIn the last 9 years, Mozdev has done a great deal to increase the adoption of Mozilla technologies and promote the goals of the Mozilla project. We did this primarily by providing hosting and tools to developers. Recently the Mozdev board members have come to the conclusion though that the needs of the community have changed and project hosting is no longer a problem for developers. A number of free sites (github, Google Code...) do a great job with this and the Mozilla Add-ons site has evolved to become the hub for extension developers. In light of this, the Mozdev board is seriously considering dismantling the non-profit Mozdev Community Organization that runs the site. The overhead of running a legal organization is no longer justified and is distracting attention away from the site itself. We want the site to continue to serve the needs of the community and think that handing things to a new group of people who are passionate about Mozdev is the best way to make this happen. We need you! First, this does not mean that Mozdev is shutting down. We are looking into creating a community council to replace the board of directors and welcome you to join that group and help shape Mozdev's future. Once again, we'd like to stress that the goal here is not to shut down the site. We feel it still contains enormous value to our users. But because of logistical issues we need to wind down the non-profit structure and change the organizational nature of Mozdev. To get involved, post a reply here or or send an email to the address listed on the feedback page. The Mozdev Board.
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I'm a little confused as to what this means. I can't figure out if you mean you plan on ending free hosting (perhaps moving to a paid model), if you are ending legal support of some kind, or something else.
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Count me in.
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Hi,
Could you publish the current structure - who is on the board of management, development, website, etc. and the current costs involved. Also which current Mozilla employees working on Mozdev will have to be replaced with new people?
Surely such decisions must be taken with full transparancy in order to decide the correct course of action. Also, some polls with the development community on what kind of hosting should be preferred would be nice. Is one of the caveats that Mozdev will remain strictly open source? I think this is one of the key points for keeping this operation alive.
Axel
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@Alex - It means we are changing our legal structure, going from a non-profit back to what it was previously which is a community run model.
@Shivanand - Thanks, we'll be putting out more information on how to get involved.
@Axel - We are doing this already as part of the process. We'll publish soon. Most of the information you mention is already available, just not pulled into one place.
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The important point here is that we need volunteers to commit time and energy to both run the site and determine its future. Please sign up here if you can help.
Eric
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I am really interested in participating in it.I have registered on www.mozdev.org/drupal/wiki/ website but my account hasn't been activated.Please take me in .My username is anirvana.
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Anything I can do count me in. This is the ONLY and BEST place for any information and products available anywhere. Tell me what I can do.
Jen
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