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▻http://hroy.eu/notes/mozilla-ceo-ftr
Somebody working at Mozilla put together a timeline of facts surrounding Brendan Eich’s resignation.
And the real tragedy here is that Mozilla would have sorted this out satisfactorily if it hadn’t been sensationalized by the media and turned into an internet witch hunt. Anyone who wrote a news story, posted to their blog, or tweeted about Brendan without understanding paragraph (i)(c) of the Community Participation Guidelines was part of the mob that brought Brendan down. For more than 15 years, Brendan fought for openness and freedom on the web, and led many of the people who built that open and free web. This week, in a senseless, vicious convulsion, the web turned on him.
Meanwhile, Mozilla published an FAQ.
Q: Was Brendan Eich forced out by employee (...)