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        9 months ago

        Is that an actual for-profit company controlled by the non-profit wikimedia foundation, or just a way for the foundation to make money to run its operations? My understanding is it’s the latter, unlike Mozilla and now Raspberry Pi. See here:

        Wikimedia Enterprise is a product of the Wikimedia Foundation, with content created by volunteers around the world.

        A nonprofit doesn’t have to rely exclusively on donations to fund its operarions.

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      9 months ago

      it’s not. They do have a commercial product they use to fund their operation, in addition to donations, but that doesn’t make them a for-profit company.