But isn't Mozilla, in fact, itself a political organization? Its "manefesto", for instance, articulates broad public policy goals before it talks about its own

But isn't Mozilla, in fact, itself a political organization? Its "manefesto", for instance, articulates broad public policy goals before it talks about its own products or institutional objectives (just the word "manefesto" has overt political overtones). [0] More generally, it is a non-profit that for many is a standard bearer for the open-source movement, not a corporation the success of which can be judged primarily by the value it accrues to its shareholders (who might not care about politics as long as profits were delivered). Perhaps you could argue that Brendan Eich's personal politics are compatible with Mozilla's politics, but I don't think that you should assert that they aren't relevant, just because they arguably shouldn't be relevant in the context of a for-profit business. It seems prudent to expect that the political views of the CEO of a non-profit like Mozilla will have an integral effect on its mission and trajectory, at least within the policy space that is the focus of that organization. And in turn, it seems reasonable to expect that the constituency which that non-profit serves would care very much about the personal politics of its CEO. [0] http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/