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** Building something cool with web technologies
** Building something cool with web technologies
** Translating open source software into another language
** 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 project’s home can be anywhere in the world where we can make payment without undue burden. We have a preference for funding legal organizations rather than individuals representing projects, although circumstances could lead to some flexibility.
* The specific project activity should be endorsed (on the application form) by someone well-known and respected in a wider software community of which the project is a part.
* The specific project activity should be endorsed (on the application form) by someone well-known and respected in a wider software community of which the project is a part.


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==FAQs==
==FAQs==
;What if my project doesn’t have a legal organizational home?  I see this is disfavoured, and exceptional circumstances are required. What might count as "exceptional"?
: You tell us. If a project doesn't have a legal organizational home, we will be handing a large sum of money to an individual with only limited accountability. This means a higher level of complexity and risk. So you need to describe why it's reasonable and important for us to accept that additional risk. We will listen because Mozilla is a pretty flexible organization, but we can’t promise the result will be as you hope.


;What is an 'endorser'?
;What is an 'endorser'?
Account confirmers, Anti-spam team, Confirmed users, Bureaucrats and Sysops emeriti
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