Re:Mozilla CEO Eich says gay-marriage firestorm could hurt F...
by sanxiyn on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @06:36AM
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I got the impression Eich doesn't appreciate "public face of the company" angle at all.
I have no doubt Linus Torvalds will accept (and have accepted) patches from "straight", LGBT, anti-LGBT, white, black, white supremacist, capitalist, communist, anti-communist, 9/11 truther, birther, etc. as long as patches are technically sound.
Similarly, it seems Eich thinks (and I agree) Mozilla should accept patches from bigots. It does not mean Mozilla should elect a bigot as CEO, but I can imagine how such distinction can be lost on someone.
I have no doubt Linus Torvalds will accept (and have accepted) patches from "straight", LGBT, anti-LGBT, white, black, white supremacist, capitalist, communist, anti-communist, 9/11 truther, birther, etc. as long as patches are technically sound.
Similarly, it seems Eich thinks (and I agree) Mozilla should accept patches from bigots. It does not mean Mozilla should elect a bigot as CEO, but I can imagine how such distinction can be lost on someone.