> It does make profit. The Corportation-owned-by-Foundation model is not that uncommon. How, exactly? Excess from Google's money drops? If their corporate str

> It does make profit. The Corportation-owned-by-Foundation model is not that uncommon. How, exactly? Excess from Google's money drops? If their corporate structure is a barrier to using donations for development, I think they need to change it. If "MoFo" can't send money to "MoCo," but I bet the opposite could be made to work. Maybe "MoCo" should gift the browser software and development teams to "MoFo," and pay the Google money (as long as it lasts) to the foundation to license it back to distribute it with search engine-placements, etc.