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CEO of Mozilla for less than two weeks, Brendan Eich stepped down today, the organization announced.

"Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO," wrote Mozilla Foundation chairwoman Mitchell Baker in a post to the organization's official blog Thursday. "He's made this decision for Mozilla and our community."

Eich came under fire almost as soon as he was appointed CEO because of his 2008 contributions to supporters of Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage.

According to records on the website of the Secretary of State for California, Eich donated a total of $1,000 -- in two contributions of $500 each -- in October 2008 to ProtectMarriage.com, a collection of conservative and religious political activist groups. Altogether, ProtectMarriage.com raised $40 million to support the ballot proposition.

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