Mozilla China
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Mozilla China is a non-profit organization
to help promote and deploy Mozilla
products in China
.
Mozilla China was founded on March 4, 2005. It is independent of the Mozilla Foundation
, but is affiliated with them.
The organization is co-chaired by Dr. Li Gong
of Sun (China) Engineering and Research Institute (ERI) and Mr. Mingshu Li of Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(ISCAS), both of whom will sit on the steering committee with Mitchell Baker
, president of the Mozilla Foundation.
Mozilla China will build a Chinese version of the Mozilla web site, provide technical and architectural direction for Mozilla development in China, organize and operate discussion forums, and develop Mozilla source code in China.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
to help promote and deploy Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
products in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
Mozilla China was founded on March 4, 2005. It is independent of the Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the open source Mozilla project. The organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls trademarks and other intellectual property...
, but is affiliated with them.
The organization is co-chaired by Dr. Li Gong
Li Gong
Gong Li , also known in English as Li Gong, is the Chairman and CEO of Mozilla Online Ltd in Beijing, the Chinese subsidiary of Mozilla Corporation....
of Sun (China) Engineering and Research Institute (ERI) and Mr. Mingshu Li of Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
(ISCAS), both of whom will sit on the steering committee with Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker
Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker is the Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet...
, president of the Mozilla Foundation.
Mozilla China will build a Chinese version of the Mozilla web site, provide technical and architectural direction for Mozilla development in China, organize and operate discussion forums, and develop Mozilla source code in China.