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many posters here have no problem with Wikimedia/Mozilla/etc redirecting the money to political activists. I'd just like to remind you what happened when Brend

many posters here have no problem with Wikimedia/Mozilla/etc redirecting the money to political activists. I'd just like to remind you what happened when Brendan Eich had donated $1000 of his own damn money to a cause you found disagreeable.

aftbit 4y ago
Sorry, I'm out of the loop on this one. What happened?
- dotnet00 4y ago
  He was appointed as Mozilla's CEO in March 2014, it turned out he had donated a whopping $3000 to movements against gay marriage in 2008 and despite promising to support LGBT causes at Mozilla, he was effectively forced to step down in April 2014. These days he runs Brave, which isn't flawless but is doing relatively well. Which is in somewhat stark contrast to some comments here which seem to be suggesting that Wikipedia's donations are fine because they're only ~$500k.
- blendergeek 4y ago
  Brendan Eich donated $1000 in 2008 to support "Prop 8" in California. Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment that required the state to only recognize marriage between one man and one woman. In 2014, this donation came to light after he was appointed CEO of the Mozilla Corporation. Much outrage ensued and Eich was more or less forced to resign.
  - mistrial9 4y ago
    ... and California Prop. 8 passed by a majority of voters in 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8
    - deleted 4y ago
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    - tuukkah 4y ago
      ... and the courts struck it down as unconstitutional: > In August 2010, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment,[6] since it purported to re-remove rights from a disfavored class only, with no rational basis.
ProjectArcturis 4y ago
What?
ddevault 4y ago
No one was upset that he donated from his own money. It was never portrayed as a breach of fiduciary duty. What upset people is that he's a homophobe. No one wanted to work for him, have the fruits of their labor used to undermine theirs or their friends' human rights, or use software stewarded by a homophobic leader.
dang 4y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

aftbit 4y ago

Sorry, I'm out of the loop on this one. What happened?

dotnet00 4y ago
He was appointed as Mozilla's CEO in March 2014, it turned out he had donated a whopping $3000 to movements against gay marriage in 2008 and despite promising to support LGBT causes at Mozilla, he was effectively forced to step down in April 2014. These days he runs Brave, which isn't flawless but is doing relatively well. Which is in somewhat stark contrast to some comments here which seem to be suggesting that Wikipedia's donations are fine because they're only ~$500k.
blendergeek 4y ago
Brendan Eich donated $1000 in 2008 to support "Prop 8" in California. Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment that required the state to only recognize marriage between one man and one woman. In 2014, this donation came to light after he was appointed CEO of the Mozilla Corporation. Much outrage ensued and Eich was more or less forced to resign.
- mistrial9 4y ago
  ... and California Prop. 8 passed by a majority of voters in 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - tuukkah 4y ago
    ... and the courts struck it down as unconstitutional: > In August 2010, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment,[6] since it purported to re-remove rights from a disfavored class only, with no rational basis.

ProjectArcturis 4y ago

What?

ddevault 4y ago

No one was upset that he donated from his own money. It was never portrayed as a breach of fiduciary duty. What upset people is that he's a homophobe. No one wanted to work for him, have the fruits of their labor used to undermine theirs or their friends' human rights, or use software stewarded by a homophobic leader.

dang 4y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html