So, hi. I'm gay. My partner of 4 years is from a different country. Because of that, one of the only ways we can live together is to get married and get one of us citizenship in the other's country that way. To say nothing of other rights related to marriage.
Just so you know that. Again: Brendan Eich spent $1,000 to hurt people like me. If gay marriage was not legal, my life would be significantly worse today.
I didn't do anything when Eich was made CEO. I probably should have. Let's say I did. Would you say I'd be in the wrong for telling Mozilla that I disagree with their choice of CEO, because he directly hurt people like me and avoids answering questions about whether he's likely to do it again?
Hm, here, try this. Instead of something provocative, let's try something else.
Suppose Eich donated, say, $500 to strengthen the DMCA. Let's say be advocated for harsher punishments for anybody reverse-engineering a DRM scheme, even for interoperability or other non-piracy purposes. Then suppose he gave another $500 to lobby against net neutrality.
When asked about these donations, let's say he refuses to answer or talk about them.
Would you be comfortable with him leading Mozilla? Kinda seems like his values might be deeply in conflict with those of the organization, making him a poor choice for CEO. But also ... That's just politics, after all. Has nothing to do with his leadership or technical skill.
> I also don't think Eich was "out there advocating" for something.
You're right- he was paying other people to go out there advocating for it. Hardly better!
Just so you know that. Again: Brendan Eich spent $1,000 to hurt people like me. If gay marriage was not legal, my life would be significantly worse today.
I didn't do anything when Eich was made CEO. I probably should have. Let's say I did. Would you say I'd be in the wrong for telling Mozilla that I disagree with their choice of CEO, because he directly hurt people like me and avoids answering questions about whether he's likely to do it again?
Hm, here, try this. Instead of something provocative, let's try something else.
Suppose Eich donated, say, $500 to strengthen the DMCA. Let's say be advocated for harsher punishments for anybody reverse-engineering a DRM scheme, even for interoperability or other non-piracy purposes. Then suppose he gave another $500 to lobby against net neutrality.
When asked about these donations, let's say he refuses to answer or talk about them.
Would you be comfortable with him leading Mozilla? Kinda seems like his values might be deeply in conflict with those of the organization, making him a poor choice for CEO. But also ... That's just politics, after all. Has nothing to do with his leadership or technical skill.
> I also don't think Eich was "out there advocating" for something.
You're right- he was paying other people to go out there advocating for it. Hardly better!