[naasking]

> People still didn't like it. His right to have these views, their right too.

Yes, the question here is who mixed their personal right to their views with their professional responsibilities. If Eich didn't, then it seems clear that everyone at Mozilla who objected to his appointment did. That wasn't the conversation that took place though.

The "professional responsibilities" in this case was being a good steward for Mozilla's products and the vision of products that preserved digital rights for its users. Not clear what this had to do with civil rights like gay marriage.

[andyjohnson0]

> The "professional responsibilities" in this case was being a good steward for Mozilla's products and the vision of products that preserved digital rights for its users. Not clear what this had to do with civil rights like gay marriage.

That's not all a CTO does. They also have "people" responsibilities.

As the then CTO, one of Eich's professional responsibilities was to lead the tech teams and individuals at Mozilla. The belief, among a significant proportion of Mozilla's employees, that he could not be trusted to put aside his opinions on civil rights when managing people, was what led to the opposition to his appointment.

[naasking]

> The belief, among a significant proportion of Mozilla's employees, that he could not be trusted to put aside his opinions on civil rights when managing people

A belief he couldn't be trusted based on what evidence, aside from them not liking his views on gay marriage?

[BrendanEich]

I was CTO from 2005 incorporation of Mozilla Corporation. You must be thinking of CEO.

FYI, I'd already run all of engineering from 2013 January on until CEO appointment, as SVP Eng + CTO.