What future for Mozilla-Google agreement, essential to Firefox?

Strategy - the main source of revenue for Mozilla (over 80% of its resources), the agreement on the Google search was renewed in 2008 expired in November. This agreement is extended or he arrested? Mozilla is silent.Update: Mozilla has contacted ZDNet.fr response to the publication of the article: "Our relationship with Google is positive for both of us. We are in active negotiations and have nothing to announce at this time. We all confidence for research partnerships that will continue to be a generator of strong revenue growth for the future. "
For several years, the finances of the Mozilla Foundation, publisher of Firefox, are dependent on agreements with Google. Over 80% of revenues come from Mozilla and is a trading partnership in the online search.
In 2008 it was extended for an additional period of three years. Problem, this agreement expired in November and still has not officially been extended. And the subject seems taboo even at Mozilla, asked repeatedly by ZDNet.
Tensions between Google and Mozilla?
Asked in July, the press relations department of the Foundation referred us to a financial document of 2009 in which it was explained that search engines remain a strong source of revenue in the near future. Analysis verbatim in the latest version of the document published in October.
Re-launched in December after then end of his lucrative partnership with Google, Mozilla boot button. Should we conclude, among other assumptions, that any agreement with the American giant is now excluded or that negotiations for an extension are difficult?
According to a comment - though vague - obtained by PC Pro, the agreement with Google would still be valid "We have partnerships with different search engines depending on the market, including major partners including Google Search, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and other "answers a voice.
No further details are provided. So nothing about a possible renewal of the agreement with Google, or perhaps an allusion to the ongoing negotiations [Editor's note: so it's done now - see the update at the top of article