As an open-source developer, you have many choices as to where to host your projects. For those familiar with our open-source, off-the-shelf tooling, the administrative learning curve is reduced when starting a new project. For those not familiar with our tooling, your learning experience is reusable across the open-source community in general. Mozdev wants to be your hosting provider for all of your Mozilla-related projects. Here's why we think we're the best choice.
+ General Services
|| || **Mozdev** || **[http://code.google.com/ Google Code]** || **[http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge]** ||
|| **Forums ** || Yes--[http://drupal.org/ Drupal] || No || Yes--homegrown ||
|| **Mailing Lists** || Yes--[http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html Mailman] || Yes || Yes-homegrown ||
|| **Newsgroups** || Yes || Yes--Google Groups || Yes ||
|| **Scripting** || Yes--[http://www.php.net/ PHP] || No || Yes--[http://www.php.net/ PHP] ||
|| **Databases** || Yes--[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] || No || Yes--[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] ||
|| **Bug Reporting** || Yes--[http://www.bugzilla.org/ Bugzilla] || Yes--homegrown || Yes--homegrown ||
|| **Revision Control** || Yes--[http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ CVS] and soon [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial Mercurial] || Yes--Subversion|| CVS and Subversion ||
|| **Content Management** || Yes--[http://drupal.org/ Drupal] || Yes--homegrown || No ||
|| **Code Search** || Coming Soon (MXR) || Yes--[http://www.google.com/codesearch homegrown] || No ||
|| **Native file uploads** || Not yet (must go through CVS) || No || Yes--ssh/scp ||
|| **Mirror Network** || Yes || No || Yes ||
|| **License Options** || Any [http://opensource.org/ OSI] license|| See list || See list ||
|| **Project Owner Retains Copyrights** || Yes || ? || Yes one ||
|| **Blog** || Yes--[http://drupal.org/ Drupal] || No || No ||
|| **Wiki** || Yes--[http://drupal.org/ Drupal] || Yes || Yes-homegrown ||
|| **News Feed Publishing** || Yes--[http://drupal.org/ Drupal] || No || Yes-homegrown ||
+ Mozilla-specific Services
|| || **Mozdev** || **[http://code.google.com/ Google Code]** || **[http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge]** ||
|| **Support for FF3 Secure Updates** || Yes || No || No ||
|| **Update.rdf auto-generation** || Yes || No || No ||
|| **Mozilla-specific community support** || Yes--[http://mozdev.org/pipermail/project_owners/ mailing lists], [http://mozdev.org/pipermail/project_owners/ newsgroups], and [http://irc.mozilla.org#mozdev IRC] || No || No ||
|| **Integration with addons.mozilla.org** || Soon || No || No ||
+ Miscellaneous
|| || **Mozdev** || **[http://code.google.com/ Google Code]** || **[http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge]** ||
|| **Non-profit Organization** || Yes || No || No ||
|| **Project Owner can earn money through ad networks** || Yes || No || Yes two ||
|| **Maturity** || 2001 || 2005 or 06 || ? ||
Footnote one
By uploading code to SourceForge.net, you grant SourceForge a perpetual proprietary license [http://sourceforge.net/tos/tos.php]. Their [http://alexandria.wiki.sourceforge.net/Terms+of+Use Terms Of Service] read (2008-02-22)''“By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through SourceForge.net, you grant Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, fully sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, create derivative works from, publish, perform, display, rent, resell and distribute such Content (in whole or part) on SourceForge.net and incorporate Content in other works, in any form, media, or technology developed by Company, though Company is not required to incorporate Feedback into any Company products or services. Company reserves the right to syndicate Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through SourceForge.net and use that Content in connection with any service offered by Company.”''
Footnote two
SourceForge requires the project owner to use their advertising network, and they share some revenue with you. mozdev has no such requirements, and project owners can keep 100% of their earnings.
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