Would you agree though that while you were not paid to integrate that it was probably known that there was a revenue sharing deal going into this and that roughly translates to incentivizing the integration?
I'm sure someone on the Firefox Team didn't wake up one morning and say "Great Scotts we are missing Pocket in Firefox!" and AFAIK this was not on any long term roadmap. So I can only assume that this was a money versus something that Mozilla that users wanted. On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:00 PM, David Rajchenbach-Teller < dtel...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hum. Apparently, _someone_ in bizdev thought that "revenue sharing" > doesn't involve money, and spread information inside Mozilla > accordingly. :rolling eyes: > > It seems that we do have a revenue sharing agreement with Pocket. If I > understand correctly, we did not receive money for integrating it (which > makes the earlier affirmation of "no money" technically true), but we > received some money as a result from the integration (which makes that > same information much less true in my book). > > My apologies for spreading false information. > > Best regards, > David > > On 15/12/15 18:37, »Q« wrote: > > In <news:mailman.38.1450200542.21136.governa...@lists.mozilla.org>, > > David Rajchenbach-Teller <dtel...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > >> On 15/12/15 18:27, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > >>> I agree and it's disappointing when the first thread on Pocket was > >>> discussed here Mozilla said there was no money deal to integrate > >>> pocket but recently a VP at Mozilla admitted Mozilla is getting > >>> paid to integrate Pocket. > >> > >> Wait, who did what when? > > > > Maybe Benjamin has more info, but there is this: > > > > < > http://www.wired.com/2015/12/mozilla-is-flailing-when-the-web-needs-it-the-most/ > > > > > > Although the company emphasizes that Pocket and Telefonica didn’t > > pay for placement in the Firefox browser, Mozilla Corp. chief legal > > and business officer Denelle Dixon-Thayer told WIRED that Mozilla > > has revenue sharing arrangements with both companies. > > _______________________________________________ > > governance mailing list > > governance@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- Benjamin Kerensa _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
