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"Free speech has nothing to do with this, this is someone whose actions many people found incompatible with what they saw as Mozilla's values, both inside and o

"Free speech has nothing to do with this, this is someone whose actions many people found incompatible with what they saw as Mozilla's values, both inside and outside of the organization, and who can blame them?" I can blame them. Mozilla makes a web browser. Gay marriage has nothing to do with Mozilla's mission or with the political issues Mozilla has to deal with as part of its mission. I could understand the uproar if Eich had donated to a "ban free software" cause, but that is not what happened. You're right, this is not about free speech. Eich was not punished for what he said, he was punished for what he thought. The donation is irrelevant here, other than the fact that it revealed Eich's beliefs. There would be just as much anger and vitriol if instead of a donation someone revealed that Eich had voted in favor of proposition 8.

wcummings 13y ago
Chick-fil-A also has nothing to do with Gay Marriage [1]. It's not like this is some totally unique event, in the real world these issues are more than a proposition on a ballot and they effect the way people do business, whether you like it or not. As an executive at Mozilla, Eich forced the organization to take a stance on the issue by donating. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_same-sex_marriage_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_same-sex_marriage_c...
dalke 13y ago
If you go to mozilla.org right now you'll see "We are Mozilla. Doing good is part of our code." They have decided that they do more than "make a web browser" and deal the political issues around that topic. They want to associate themselves not just with "don't be evil" but actually "doing good." This is an advantage, because people will volunteer time to Mozilla in order to do good. This is a disadvantage when different people have different ideas of what "doing good" means. Which I think is the source of the commotion here.

wcummings 13y ago

Chick-fil-A also has nothing to do with Gay Marriage [1]. It's not like this is some totally unique event, in the real world these issues are more than a proposition on a ballot and they effect the way people do business, whether you like it or not. As an executive at Mozilla, Eich forced the organization to take a stance on the issue by donating. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_same-sex_marriage_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_same-sex_marriage_c...

dalke 13y ago

If you go to mozilla.org right now you'll see "We are Mozilla. Doing good is part of our code." They have decided that they do more than "make a web browser" and deal the political issues around that topic. They want to associate themselves not just with "don't be evil" but actually "doing good." This is an advantage, because people will volunteer time to Mozilla in order to do good. This is a disadvantage when different people have different ideas of what "doing good" means. Which I think is the source of the commotion here.