The business justification for this program is probably as a venue of recruitment of above-average quality talent

It’s relatively cheap (for Google), buys them a lot of good will and gets people contributing to the stack most of Google depends on.

It’s a mistake to think they can’t do both good and bad. It’s okay to praise some things and criticize others. Many different people at corps make different decisions for various reasons. All or nothing thinking is what makes people radicalize

organizations are made up of people. miceosoft is the largest open source contributor in th world, goigke is second. they both benefit from open source

To keep the monopolist accusations at bay.