Reading between the lines here, I have a strong suspicion this and the smear campaign directed against Eich are related events. Only a few short months ago Mozilla was staunchly opposed to this. Then Eich gets forcefully removed, and Mozilla's stance turns a 180. In retrospect the "outrage" against Eich felt very artificial. It could have been a deliberate attempt at character assassination in order to further someone's goals of destroying our internet freedoms. The motive of course being heavy financial incentives. This likely had nothing to do with LGBT* rights (which I'm a proponent of, FYI). Instead it was all about someone lining their greedy pockets, at the personal expense of Eich and us to a much lesser extent. Keep in mind the same people who have a vested interest in strengthening DRM, are the same people who own the media outlets which propagated this story.