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Democracy Player Receives $100K Grant From Mozilla

Posted by Zonk on from the friendly-dinosaur-in-our-midst dept.

puntloos writes "The Open Source Internet TV Platform 'Democracy' has just received a $100,000 Grant from the Mozilla Foundation. Democracy is a combination of ways to view and download media to your desktop in an intuitive way, built on top of the ever-popular VLC video player. Seth's blog has details: 'The Mozilla Board agreed to support them for the following reasons: 1. Their mission to ensure the continued rise of open source & open standards aligns with the Mozilla mission to encourage choice & innovation on the web. 2. They're building something that can have influence on the way users browse web content, rich media, and desktop UI -- and it's based on Mozilla technology. 3. PCF is another example of that leverage we are looking for...they don't have any venture backing, they're running on a very lean budget, and they continue to seek creative resources to make a big difference in the way their users access content on the Web.'"

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  1. well damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That tops my donation of $5.

  2. First things first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    When will they give 100K to some developers to fix the long-standing memory leaks?

    1. Re:First things first by xENoLocO · · Score: 4, Funny

      They keep forgetting.

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      "The need to build the internet comes from something inside us, something programmed... something we can't resist."
  3. Re:That just goes to show by Shawn+is+an+Asshole · · Score: 2, Funny

    Correct. It costs $1.05.

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    "It ain't a war against drugs.it's a war against personal freedom" --Bill Hicks
  4. Re:It's great.. by Cap'nPedro · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nope. Everyone knows that when you donate money to open source projects like this, the developers spend the money on beer and porn.

    $100K is gonna fund a hell of a lot of time wasting.