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I'm pretty sure Mozilla has a clause in the contract with Yahoo that covers this: http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-m...

"According to the change-of-control term, 9.1 in the agreement, Mozilla has the right to leave the partnership if — under its sole discretion and in a certain time period — it did not deem the new partner acceptable. And if it did that, even if it struck another search deal, Yahoo is still obligated to pay out annual revenue guarantees of $375 million."



So if Mozilla goes to another search engine, Yahoo still needs to pay them for nothing? How did Yahoo agree to this?





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