> Of course like you said Brendan basic values were being questioned. > You could argue that a lot of people's basic values were compromised by Brendan Eich.

> Of course like you said Brendan basic values were being questioned. > You could argue that a lot of people's basic values were compromised by Brendan Eich. This sort of highlights the irreconcilable dilemma of the claim that your basic values who ever you are and what ever your values are should be supported by a software project. That simply can not happen. Its a false statement. You either have to have one persons/groups basic values as prerequisite for participation and exclude everyone else who has different values. Or you mutually exclude personal basic values as a prerequisite and invite everyone to participate in solving the larger technological goal. What I think is being lost here, intentionally or not is the idea of mutual respect. You can have mutual respect with people you do not share common values with and still work together, share friendship and solve problems. If Open Source / Free Software, can not produce projects where people with different values can have mutual respect and compassion for one another and work together to achieve a common goal then there are serious, serious problems for FLOSS going forward.