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We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act. We didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We're sorry. We must do better.
Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO. He's made this decision for Mozilla and our community.
Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.Our organizational culture reflects diversity and inclusiveness. We welcome contributions from everyone regardless of age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views. Mozilla supports equality for all.
We have employees with a wide diversity of views. Our culture of openness extends to encouraging staff and community to share their beliefs and opinions in public. This is meant to distinguish Mozilla from most organizations and hold us to a higher standard. But this time we failed to listen, to engage, and to be guided by our community.
As of this time, there is no named successor or statement on who will be taking over Mozilla's leadership.
(Score: 1) by Noldir on Friday April 04 2014, @12:42PM
Personally I think the problem is not so much the definition of marriage but the fact that marriage and equal rights under the law are conflated. I'd much rather see that you have a "legal marriage" and a "church marriage". We have that over here (Netherlands) where basically they both confer the same rights but one is something that gives you "married" status for all things pertaining to the state and one is done by your church of choice. This way everyone is treated equally under the law, but not everyone is treated equally by all religious institutions (I don't like it but I also don't have a problem with it).