On Monday, May 5, 2014 8:57:04 AM UTC-7, John Karahalis wrote:
> Hi Maciej,
>
> Thank you for sharing your concern. I understand how you feel, and hope to
> address some of your points.
>
> First, please be aware that Brendan chose to step down. To force him to stay
> against his will would be to truly infringe on his freedom.
>
> Mozilla does respect freedom of speech. This respect extends to employees,
> who may choose to use that freedom to either support or criticize Brendan.
> Again, to restrict what employees say would be to truly infringe on free
> speech.
>
> You probably have seen that the internet is a powerful tool for speaking
> freely (it even allowed you to send your message). You might be interested to
> know that as a non-profit, Mozilla is one of the few organizations in the
> world truly protecting the internet. We have no shareholders and relatively
> few financial interests. This cannot be said of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and
> other companies that you are considering supporting instead.
>
> I know you may still have some reservations about supporting Mozilla, and I
> completely understand. Please also remember that Mozilla is about so much
> more than this one issue, and that we agree more than you might realize.
>
> --
> John Karahalis
> Mozilla
> openjck.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: "Maciej Kościelak" <mk68...@st.amu.edu.pl>
> > To: governance@lists.mozilla.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:37:09 AM
> > Subject: Support to Brendan Eich
>
> > Dear Mozilla
>
> > As far as the Brendan Eich’s issue is concerned, I resign from supporting a
> > company that is opposed to the match which is a compound of women and men,
> > and that does not respect freedom of speech and the right to act in
> > accordance with his conscience.
>
> > Regards
>
> > MK
>
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