Dear John, Thank you for your message. I am afraid that what you have read and heard on the news is absolutely untrue: we did not fire Brendan Eich. Sadly, the press coverage on this whole story has been very light on fact checking.
Brendan Eich has been the object of external pressures largely orchestrated by the company OKCupid. Since the nomination of Brendan, a boycott of Firefox has been organized, a petition demanding his resignation, and while most Mozillians – including the Board of Directors – were supporting Brendan, at least one has received serious death threats for doing so. Brendan finally decided to step down as CEO because he considered the controversy around his political views as dangerous for Mozilla. We were all saddened by the news, but we will keep fighting for privacy and free speech, and you should note that Brendan is still part of the Mozilla project. Right now, we need all the help we can get. In particular, If you consider privacy and free speech important, we need your help to get the word out and get the public to understand what really happened. If you have any question, we will be happy to answer them. Best regards, David On 4/7/14 3:26 PM, John Owen wrote: > Dear Mozilla, > from what I have read and heard on the news, your decision to fire your CEO > Brendan Eich was completely homophobic. Just because someone is for > traditional marriage, you all make him out to be anti-gay. That is a > completely wrong. I have used Mozilla for many years, but if you don't > reverse your decision, I will remove it from my computer, go on a campaign > to tell everyone I know not to use it and use another browser. More than one > can play the game you are playing. > > Sincerely, > John Owen > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
