While some have already shown this sentiment. Can I just say that we should all give mad props to github for taking additional steps to provide this transparency. They could have just ended with their original post, taken the windfall, and let the controversy die down. It takes guts to put out a statement like that (both legally as well as an admission of wrong doing) and I think it shows that Chris Wanstrath is the right person to take lead of the company. Removing a person (or couple) who abuses their power like Tom Preston-Werner is probably for the best.