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That isn't true. Nothing about open source requires that they in any way stabilize their web-side APIs, the process they would follow could be the same as thei
by codys 10y ago
That isn't true.
Nothing about open source requires that they in any way stabilize their web-side APIs, the process they would follow could be the same as their binary releases, just with open source code released at the same time.
- s73ver 10y agoIn theory that's true, but in practice, not so much. Even if they told people to not use those APIs, that they're not stable, people would still use them, based on the open source they saw. And then they would change, and people would be mad. This is assuming that Google wants people to see and be able to use these APIs in the first place.
- dpark 10y agoAnd the people who would read the code to see the APIs' use aren't capable of doing the same with a network monitor? I understand the concern, but I'm not sure I believe it's really that significant.