Mozilla Milestones protected under terms that allow anyone access to

it. Mozilla products have an established presence

March 31, 1998 —
­ Netscape Communicator source
in the international technology market. Our Firefox
code is posted on the Internet via mozilla.org.
Web browser goes up against Apple’s Safari and
April 7, 2000 — Netscape hosts the first Mozilla Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, holding 20% of the
Developer Day.
worldwide market share.
June 5, 2002 — Version 1.0 of the Mozilla Suite
is released—the precursor to today’s Firefox
browser.
what is mozilla®?
April 2, 2003 — A new roadmap shifts develop-
ment goals from an integrated suite to separate Mozilla is a multifaceted effort to preserve
applications (Firefox and Thunderbird). choice and innovation on the Internet.
July 15, 2003 — The non-profit Mozilla Foundation
We’re a global community, a public benefit
is born.
organization and a technology for developers
February 17, 2004 — Mozilla Europe, created to
and users alike. We’re motivated by a mission to
spur Mozilla’s community and mindshare in
Europe, is announced. promote openness, innovation and opportunity on
the Internet, rather than business concerns, like
August 18, 2004 — Mozilla Japan, created to
foster the growing Mozilla community in Japan, is profits or the price of stock. Yet Mozilla products
announced. still compete in a proprietary market, advancing
November 9, 2004 — Firefox 1.0 is released. technology in a revolutionary new way. Mozilla’s
Firefox® Web browser has over 180 million users
December 7, 2004 — Thunderbird 1.0 is released.
and is created by an international movement of
March 4, 2005 — Mozilla China is founded in thousands.
response to China’s thriving Firefox community.
August 3, 2005 — The Mozilla Corporation is The success of open source.
created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Mozilla Foundation. In 1998, Mozilla was created to host Netscape Com-
October 19, 2005 — Firefox is downloaded for the municator as “open source” software. For the first
100 millionth time—before its first anniversary. time, a software powerhouse was giving away the Mozilla Foundation
source code which made up its flagship product, 1981 Landings Drive

INTERNET
October 24, 2006 — Firefox 2.0 is released.
allowing anyone to share and improve the software Building K
December 4, 2006 — The World Economic Forum

BY THE PEOPLE
freely. This decision enabled the start of a global Mountain View, CA
selects Mozilla as one of the 2007 Technology
Pioneers. project.
94043-0801, USA
April 18, 2007 — Thunderbird 2.0 is released. www.mozilla.org
L E
The creation of the Mozilla project was a risky
February 19, 2008 — Mozilla Messaging, a
mail-focused Mozilla Foundation subsidiary,
move. But, along the way, community members
identified problems and made fixes. Others made
F O R T H E P E O P
begins operations. new features happen. And still others took the
March 31, 2008 — The Mozilla project celebrates original code, applied their own innovations and
its 10th anniversary. built completely new and amazing products.
June 17, 2008 — Firefox 3.0 is released.
Ten years later, one-hundred percent of Mozilla Photos used courtesy of Terry Chay, Mary Colvig, Alvaro
software is “free” (or open source) software and Gonzalez and David Rolnitzky.
A COMMUNITY
Economic Summit, South by Southwest and • Submitting helpful data to developers when a
sponsoring events, like The Internet as a Mozilla application crashes.
Public Good Symposium with Harvard University.

A TECHNOLOGY
• Advising and directing on message boards and
• Advocating for the adoption of open source support forums.
software through standard approaches like
AN ORGANIZATION blogging, and unexpected evangelists, like
Foxkeh™, the Japanese-born Mozilla anime
• Contacting Web sites to encourage the use of open
standards.
mascot. Charitable Giving
• Writing or editing documentation for developers
and end-users. If you enjoy using our technology and
Manifesting Mozilla believe in our mission, please consider making a
• Donating to the Mozilla Foundation. donation to support the Foundation, or even a
We’re passionate, proud and committed. Our
particular project. All donations can be made using
community has even put together a Manifesto
to spell out our beliefs and put them in motion.
A TECHNOLOGY a credit card, PayPal account or check. Please visit
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/donate.html
Inherent in all our ambitions is the goal of
establishing a shareable framework to advance
A COMMUNITY The award-winning Firefox Web browser has to learn more about how to contribute or to find
reignited the pioneering spirit of the Internet, but it is answers to common questions about donations.
our vision of the Internet. Open source software, Mozilla’s community cultivates collaborative only one of dozens of applications Powered by Mozilla.
community-based development and individual innovation. Developers and programmers are Some of these are non-profit, public benefit efforts The Mozilla Foundation was established in July
choice and security on the Internet are key to our central, but designers, testers, users and such as the powerful and flexible Thunderbird email 2003 as a California not-for-profit corporation
purpose. While Internet commerce is beneficial, we advocates are also key elements of the client and the Miro video player. A wide range of dedicated to the public benefit and is exempt
believe it must be balanced with public benefits. We community. Over a thousand contributors generate other applications such as Camino, SeaMonkey and from Federal income taxation under IRC 501(c)(3).
promote the goals of the Mozilla Manifesto by open-source code and thousands more volunteer Sunbird® are created by groups of volunteers and Donations are tax deductible for U.S. citizens. For
educating a Web savvy world about the necessity in other capacities. The community is governed by show how flexible the Mozilla platform can be. donors outside of the United States, please consult
of adopting open standards to preserve the power a virtual management team made up of unpaid Commercial companies are also using Mozilla’s open- with your tax advisor about whether your donation
and diversity of the Internet. experts and employees from a range of compa- source code to create products such as Songbird, will be tax deductible.
nies, including the Mozilla Corporation, IBM and Komodo Edit, Flickr Uploadr, TomTom HOME and
See the 10 principles of the Mozilla manifesto at Mozilla Projects you can support include:
Red Hat. Leadership roles are granted based on many more.
www.mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html
how active an individual is within the community
Many activities fuel our open source spirit and as well as the quality and nature of his or her
make us progressive, including: contributions. This meritocracy is a resilient and
effective way to guide our global community and
• Giving, in the form of funding a free Internet create remarkable products.
technology for the visually impaired, and an
open source education Grant to Seneca College, Specific community contributions include: AN ORGANIZATION Bugzilla TM Camino TM SeaMonkey TM

among others. The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organiza-

• Fixing a bug or contributing code—there are
over 1,000 community code contributors, tion that sponsors the Mozilla project and promotes
• Supporting open source communities,
20,000 nightly testers and 500,000 beta the principles of the Mozilla Manifesto. It supports
including Cairo, SQLite, LittleCMS, Dojo, Miro™,
testers. the community of Mozilla contributors and assists
Perl™, and Breakpad.
those who are building technologies to benefit users
• Supplying the platform for the One Laptop • Developing over 3,000 Firefox Add-ons, the worldwide. It wholly owns the Mozilla Corporation
per Child Web browser. small bits of downloaded software to customize and Mozilla Messaging subsidiaries, which develop
the Firefox Web browser. and market specific Mozilla products such as Firefox Copyright 2005-2008 Mozilla. All Rights Reserved. All rights in the
names, trademarks, and logos of the Mozilla Foundation, including
• Fundraising, trademarking, licensing, and and Thunderbird. Mozilla also has an international without limitation, Mozilla®, mozilla.org®, Firefox®, Thunderbird™,
creating policies for projects like Bugzilla™, • Creating versions of Firefox in over 40 languages. presence, with recognized affiliates in China, Europe Bugzilla™, Camino®, Sunbird®, SeaMonkey®, and XUL™, as well as
SeaMonkey® and Camino®. and Japan, which promote the adoption of Mozilla the Mozilla logo, Firefox logo, Thunderbird logo and the red lizard logo
• Participating in grassroots marketing campaigns are owned exclusively by the Mozilla Foundation. All other trademarks,
for Mozilla technology. products and technologies in these regions. service marks and trade names appearing in this document are the
• Speaking at public events, like the India property of their respective owners.