So they’re adopting a similar structure to OpenAI, a for-profit company majority controlled by a non-profit organization.
Also Mozilla.
And Mozilla/Firefox
Its pretty common.
Similar structure, yes, but this is the important part:
Swiss foundations and their board of trustees are legally obligated to act in accordance with the purpose for which they were established
So, just like the Louvre museum in Paris and the Luxor casino in Las Vegas have similar structures, pointing this out doesn’t really contribute much to the discussion.
For all I know, OpenAI’s purpose is to create Skynet and kill all humans. But Proton’s is:
Our legally binding purpose is to further the advancement of privacy, freedom, and democracy around the world.
Really wish they transitioned to a “Not-for-profit” structure, rather than non-profit. Non-profits can still be profit driven, sadly.
They specifically chose non-profit because it allows them to remain profit driven, and continue to run the company as they have. The non-profit is the main shareholder now, and required by law to act in the interest of its founding principles. They basically did this for PR, because now, working in their customers’ best interests is mandatory, and they are protected against hostile takeovers
Weren’t they protected before? Afaik their major shareholder was the Swiss government.
I really thought this was about the DirectX compatibility layer for Linux and was hopelessly lost until a dozen sentences in.
Well, proton mail and proton compatibility are both awesome tools.
See, I have the same issue the other way around. Hearing about Proton supporting games on Linux makes me always wonder how I can play games via my webmail account.
By emailing your input? Kinda like chess by post.
Or text based adventures
Frozen Synapse allows multiplayer by email.
what is it about?
I thought it was about the fork of the Atom editor project.
The privacy focused email (among other things) provider
The privacy-focused Swiss email provider
Will be interesting to see how this goes in a year or two.
Nice to hear.
