I love FireFox but can someone explain why the Mozilla Foundation feels the need to create a for-profit entity called Mozilla Corp. It's a strange move given the new company insists the software will remain free and that it has no plans to sell shares, do an IPO or "sell out". So why go through the bureaucratic pains of becoming corporate when there is no real need to do so? It's not like the foundation couldn't have split itself into two parts - one dedicated to developing new software; the other focused on policies and relationships with the open-source community. AP reporter Matthew Fordahl points out there is a track record of software projects as such as Apache creating non-profit entities to handle different business issues, which is what the Mozilla Foundation had the mandate to do. A cynic might suggest the powers that be at FireFox want to be seen as "legit" by the software industry so unshackling itself from the non-profit world is the way to go. But what happens if Mozilla Corp. starts to generate large amounts of revenue from providing businesses with advice on how to implement Firefox, Thunderbird, etc. into a corporate environment? Do you think making money might change their minds about selling shares or an IPO? For a good look at the pros and cons of creating Mozilla Corp., check out Glazblog.