# Discourse chosen as a recipient of Mozilla Open Source Support
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chosen-as-a-recipient-of-mozilla-open-source-support/36534
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [10 Diciembre, 2015 16:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chosen-as-a-recipient-of-mozilla-open-source-support/36534 "2015-12-10T16:58:55Z")
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### Author:  [@tannerfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerfilip)
#### Post date: [10 Diciembre, 2015 16:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chosen-as-a-recipient-of-mozilla-open-source-support/36534/1 "2015-12-10T16:58:55Z")
From _[Mozilla Open Source Support: First Awards Made](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/12/10/mozilla-open-source-support-first-awards-made/)_:
> Discourse: $25,000. Discourse is online discussion forum software, used by several Mozilla communities. Their award will be used to make email a first-class interaction mechanism for Discourse, allowing Discourse instances to replace and improve upon mailing lists.
Congratulations all, it’s well deserved.
Love,
The Mozilla Community Ops team ❤
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [10 Diciembre, 2015 17:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chosen-as-a-recipient-of-mozilla-open-source-support/36534/2 "2015-12-10T17:28:06Z")
Thanks! Official announcement here:
> [@Discourse selected for Mozilla Open Source Support program](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-selected-for-mozilla-open-source-support-program/36535):
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> In late October Mozilla announced something called the Mozilla Open Source Support Program. Their selection criteria seemed favourable towards Discourse, so we decided to take a shot at it. I am reminded regularly of how deeply Mozillians identify open source and free software as a critical element of an open Internet and healthy, trustworthy online experiences. I am excited to build a program that helps us bring concrete support to this worldview. You are the key to making this program great …
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [10 Diciembre, 2015 17:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chosen-as-a-recipient-of-mozilla-open-source-support/36534/3 "2015-12-10T17:28:10Z")