That's only ambiguous if you didn't contact IARC. I can't speak to before IARC was a thing. But after IARC you had a way to get an unambiguous answer as to how

That's only ambiguous if you didn't contact IARC. I can't speak to before IARC was a thing. But after IARC you had a way to get an unambiguous answer as to how Google would view your side project. Whether by form or email that is still pretty easy.