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Despite Yahoo being a terrible company, it's someone else's money! Do the right thing Mozilla - don't steal, even if your contact allows you to

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It's not "someone else's money". It's Yahoo's (or Yahoo buyer's) money.

And that money has been priced into the buying price of Yahoo, as the article shows.

I'm strongly in favor of Mozilla taking that money and doing awesome things with it.

Yahoo signed a risky contract, and not because they were tricked. They were trying to improve their odds of a good outcome, and hedged for that by offering a payout in the event of a bad outcome. Mozilla has every reason to exercise what was basically a clause designed to protect them in this exact situation.

(And admittedly, I'm pleased to see Mozilla get a payday that'll help them keep the browser market competitive.)

What kind of worldview sees taking money from corporations through a contract as stealing? That's how corporations act and they should be treated the same way. It's not like it's some mom and pop store that didn't have the legal or financial resources and got backed into a shitty deal

Teach your kids that lesson - "never steal, except from people you dislike". Morals aren't conditional, they need to apply uniformly.

No teach them "if you bet your money on something, there is a chance of losing it". Step down from your high horse please.

unconditional morals are the cause of every violent conflict in history.

That's a very easily refutable claim.

Or teach your kids contract law, and make sure that they know how to comply and interpret them. Complying with a legal contract is not stealing. So learn how to write or negotiate the best contract for yourself is the only way to be moral in this world.

To add to the other comments, I can't imagine it doing Firefox's marketshare much good for Mozilla to be associated with Verizon...

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