Mozilla chose to structure themselves in a way that was confusing and has led to their interminable distractions and side projects.
They apparently were under the impression early on that Mozilla Corporation would somehow actually make money from Firefox which would then fund the Mozilla Foundation's other projects. I doubt that they anticipated that nearly all of the money coming into Firefox would come from their primary competition and they'd wish they could allocate funds in the other direction, but here we are.
If you know so much more than the rest of us: Is there some important reason why they haven't fixed their structure already? The for-profit supposedly reinvests all its profits into the non-profit, so I'm unclear what purpose the distinction is serving at this juncture.
They apparently were under the impression early on that Mozilla Corporation would somehow actually make money from Firefox which would then fund the Mozilla Foundation's other projects. I doubt that they anticipated that nearly all of the money coming into Firefox would come from their primary competition and they'd wish they could allocate funds in the other direction, but here we are.
If you know so much more than the rest of us: Is there some important reason why they haven't fixed their structure already? The for-profit supposedly reinvests all its profits into the non-profit, so I'm unclear what purpose the distinction is serving at this juncture.