[gotchange]

It's free speech whether you like it or not and I don't think your tactics of playing hardball with Eich or any other skeptic of gay rights would win him over to your cause as it foments feelings of resentment and discontent and likely lead to counter-productive results.

[s73ver]

"It's free speech whether you like it or not"

So was the people calling for him to resign.

[matt4077]

But that's the exact same situation, right?

Kite's business model is just as legal as Eich's free speech money. But people still think it's wrong, and so they try to find ways to discourage others to act similarly.

I'm not completely sure if such punishment works, but I'm pretty sure that if it works for Each, it will work for Kite, and vice versa.

[mythrwy]

It's not the same thing.

Kite's business model is attack against open source, thus pertinent to tech.

Eich's view on marriage is completely unrelated and attacks on his professional career for this are abhorrent and juvenile and should be condemned rather than encouraged. Even if you disagree with Eich's stance (which for the record I do).