Mozdev.org

Mozdev's goal is to make the the Mozilla Platform a viable one for developers, to help proliferate Mozilla technologies, and to align closely with Mozilla and their Open Souce and Open Web visions. Since 2000 we have done this largely via project hosting, and it has served us well. We have a first-class setup of tools for anyone to avail of, with 2 caveats. One, the project must in some way be related to Mozilla and two, the code must have an Open Source license. Hosting has served us well. Right up until Firefox 2, Mozdev was the first place users went to to extend their browser. Mozilla has since started their own initiatives, including Mozilla Add-ons and Mozilla Labs, but we still get a huge amount of traffic and a steady flow of new projects. We host software (extensions, themes, search, dictionaries, applications, and more) and content for over 20 Mozilla applications. Mozilla is a proven platform, so our role has largely been vindicated.

Yet we must not be complacent. We remain as passionate as ever about working in the Mozilla community, and are driven with a desire to mix things up, do some things differently, and perhaps move into uncharted territory. So in that spirit we would like to put before you two proposals, linked below, for consideration.

1. Project Hosting Re-invented
2. Facilitating Paid Add-ons

We would love to hear your feedback on these proposals. We have our own thoughts about each but, rather than bias your comments, will follow-up in a separate post about that. Is there a 3rd way forward for us? Note, please refrain from requesting adding feature xyz to the current site (though we'd still love to hear about them too via feedback), as we are trying to look at the big picture here. Thanks!