Mozilla, the California nonprofit behind the Firefox Web browser, wants to open a Portland office.

out of the

co-working space on Northwest Sixth Avenue in the Pearl District. An April blog post described as many as a dozen Mozillans working from the space (with only a few on site at any given time).

Chatter in Portland's software community suggests that Mozilla may have picked out a specific location, but the organization tells me that is not the case.

"We continue to actively look for a more permanent space in the city as we assess our growth needs and our vibrant Portland Mozilla community of talented contributors," a Mozilla spokesman tells me in an e-mail.

"However," he wrote, "we have not signed a long-term lease at this time."

-- Mike Rogoway; twitter: @rogoway; phone: 503-294-7699