Michael, Thanks for sharing your opinion. Unfortunately, it appears you are misinformed that Eich's departure was a "forced resignation". Elsewhere on the governance list[1], there was already a discussion about this topic, outlining how Eich himself made the decision in question, to avert harm from Mozilla going forward.
I hope this helps explain the situation a little better. Fred Wenzel [1] <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.governance/5oL1lfSoWcQ/dcbbJlWnrWYJ> On Fri Apr 4 18:13:14 2014, Sara Buckley wrote: > I am a long-time user of firefox and an admirer of both the quality of the > product and your open-source operation. > > I am also a strong supporter of gay rights including the right to marriage. > > I was dismayed and outraged to read of the forced resignation of Brendan > Eich, which was apparently forced out based solely on his private beliefs, > and did not reflect any discriminatory actions by him in the workplace. > > For at least the last 60 years Americans have waged sustained campaigns to > end discrimination in the workplace and the public square, with > considerable but imperfect success. Your action against Mr Eich is > diametrically opposed to this effort. You should be as ashamed to punish > Mr Eich for views you disagree with as you would be to punish or > discriminate against someone for being gay, black or a woman. > > I hope that you reconsider and end your discriminatory practices. > Michael Buckley > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
