Walter, According to my sources, the board tried to convince Brendan to stay, either as CEO or in his former position as CTO. I am not sure a statement about bullying would have been the best strategy, but in hindsight, it is certain that the board should have made its support of Brendan clearer and more public.
I believe that most members of the Mozilla community, regardless of their political views, agree with your positions on personal opinion and free speech. Best regards, David On 4/7/14 7:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Adam, > > For the moment, I am reserving judgement on whether or not to remain with > Mozilla and Firefox, which I have used since it's first release, after the > demise of Netscape. I will remain for the time being, but Mozilla's board is > decidedly on probation. > > Mozilla's board could have made a solid declaration that internet bullying, > whether it be by a government, a political party or an activist web site has > no place in its governance and is contrary to its principles of a free and > open internet. It did not. Instead, Mr. Eich resigned, and that resignation > was accepted by the Board. It should have publicly rejected that resignation > and made it clear why it was rejecting it. > > Personal opinion and actions to support that opinion have come under assault > in this country from time to time, in our history, yet we have not learned > from that history. In an earlier post you quoted, appropriately, Alexis de > Tocqueville. > > I think Senator Margaret Chase Smith, in her 1950 Declaration of Conscience > has something pertinent to add, > "Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character > assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, > ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism- > The right to criticize. The right to hold unpopular beliefs. > The right to protest. > The right of independent thought. > The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his > reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing > his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who > holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call > our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in." > > Walt > _______________________________________________ > 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
