> let's not take their sponsorship to the open source community as granted.
Let's also not take for granted the massive benefits Google gets from open source. Free platforms on which customers use Google's services, including a free, massive software infrastructure (the Internet and all its protocols, the Web, email, etc.), and free technology for use by Google, such as Linux in their data centers and at the core of Android.
Arguably, without FOSS there would be no Internet, no Web, and no Google.
This is not a criticism of Google, who seem to appreciate these things and pay it back in many ways. My point is, it's not charity.
Let's also not take for granted the massive benefits Google gets from open source. Free platforms on which customers use Google's services, including a free, massive software infrastructure (the Internet and all its protocols, the Web, email, etc.), and free technology for use by Google, such as Linux in their data centers and at the core of Android.
Arguably, without FOSS there would be no Internet, no Web, and no Google.
This is not a criticism of Google, who seem to appreciate these things and pay it back in many ways. My point is, it's not charity.