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bryanlarsen 5 days ago

Whoever you sold it to would have to have a valid Firefox trademark in a different field like the original owner did, or Firefox would be to snag it via a trademark lawsuit.

Or you could sell it to a malware site, who would lose it fairly quickly but might be able to make some cash in the meantime. I can't imagine they'd earn much though. The old firefox.com didn't have Google juice until after the transition.

The only value in the firefox.com domain is the ability to shake down Mozilla for a sum less than the cost of filing a trademark lawsuit. Which is significant, but not extremely so.

mtmail 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://nissan.com/ even after his death didn't sell out to the car manufacturer (https://www.nissan-global.com/).

fencepost 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Now just has a memorial page for him. Not sure if it'd qualify as an Internet version of a "spite house" but it doesn't seem that far off.

cAtte_ 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

would be pretty difficult to sell out while dead

rafark 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

But Firefox is a for profit company worth millions? Why would you just donate it like that to a corporation? For the longest time I thought Mozilla was a non profit org but it doesn’t seem to be the case and they have millions in the bank? I would sell it for a fair price for both parties.

jjmarr 5 days ago | parent [-]

Mozilla Corporation is a for-profit entity wholly owned by the Mozilla Foundation. That's why they can keep lots of cash on hand and reinvest it into the business.