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* The specific project activity should be endorsed (on the application form) by someone well-known in the applicant's wider open source spoken language community. | * The project’s home can be anywhere in the world where we can make payment without undue burden. We have a reasonably strong preference for funding legal organizations rather than individuals representing projects, although exceptional circumstances could lead to some flexibility. | ||
* The specific project activity should be endorsed (on the application form) by someone well-known and respected in the applicant's wider open-source spoken-language community. | |||
==Selection Criteria== | ==Selection Criteria== |
Revision as of 15:25, 5 May 2016
The Mission Partners track is open to any open source/free software project which is undertaking an activity which significantly furthers Mozilla's mission.
Project Criteria
Awards should be submitted by a leader of the project. The project/people need to meet the following criteria:
- The project should be to write or enhance some software or software documentation which is under an OSI open source and/or an FSF free software license ( non-software exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis).
- The project should benefit Mozilla’s mission. This is normally demonstrated by tying the objective of the project to specific Mozilla manifesto principles or other demonstrated priorities.
- Activities which are not sufficient for an award on their own include:
- Writing open source software (notwithstanding manifesto principle #7)
- Building something cool with web technologies
- Translating open source software into another language
- The project’s home can be anywhere in the world where we can make payment without undue burden. We have a reasonably strong preference for funding legal organizations rather than individuals representing projects, although exceptional circumstances could lead to some flexibility.
- The specific project activity should be endorsed (on the application form) by someone well-known and respected in the applicant's wider open-source spoken-language community.
Selection Criteria
All criteria are indicative rather than determinative - that is to say, they will make us more or less likely to make an award, but none will guarantee a particular outcome.
- How significantly does the project advance the Mozilla mission?
- What sort of reputation does the project have in general, if any?
- This includes reputation in technical, inclusion and other areas
- Is the project known for something besides the code we are relying on?
- Will this award make a significant impact on the project?
- Is the level of funding appropriate for the task to be accomplished?
- Does the person (or group) who will receive the money have a track record of delivering?
We expect the vast majority of MOSS awards to be singular rather than regular - that is, support for doing a particular defined thing, rather than ongoing support for a project in general. However a previous award proposal, successful or unsuccessful, does not disqualify a project from applying again.
The minimum award for the Mission Partners track is $10,000, and the maximum is $250,000.
How To Apply
The application form is here. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.