Thanks for that perspective; from without, it looked like he was adding it voluntarily to tie his funding to Mozilla. I still stand by the right of employees to protest an employer who votes against their rights, but my opinion of Eich is marginally higher, knowing that he wasn't deliberately tarnishing Mozilla for his own agenda. I strongly disagree with his views, but I respect that he has a right to have them. If his views conflict with his suitability for a role or employment though, that's entirely on him and I don't see that it deserves a white-wash. We're soon to have a referendum on marriage equality here in Ireland, and if my employer were campaigning actively against it (they are not!), I'd be quick to raise my voice. On 24/03/15 11:51, Tom Ritter wrote:
On 23 March 2015 at 09:38, Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
Well, it wasn't made-up, he donated to an anti-equality campaign (which is his right!) but put Mozilla's name next to his vote, which is not OK. ... All of which is outside scope for this list, so I'll stop there.
This is a close-to-but-not-exact recounting. His disclosure of his employer was required by state law, and was neither a statement of support by the company nor his attempt to make it so.
https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/community-and-diversity/ http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/the-price-of-prop-8
-tom
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