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Why is Google publishing this? It's late but I'm confused why anyone would spend time doing this, and since it is in the official Google repository, presumably

by xrd 8y ago

Why is Google publishing this? It's late but I'm confused why anyone would spend time doing this, and since it is in the official Google repository, presumably someone at Google was actually doing it on paid time.

xrd 8y ago
The author has a fascinating discussion of basic on his blog. https://flagxor.com/article/source-code https://flagxor.com/article/source-code I might be coming around to the why of this.
- bcherny 8y ago
  Sidenote, that is one obnoxious color scheme :/
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    And width. I have an ultrawide display, really not a good reading experience. Newspapers put text in columns for a reason.
  - jlg23 8y ago
    Looks fine in lynx on a 80x25 terminal ;)
  - zem 8y ago
    I spent a few seconds thinking it was one of those popup overlays and looking for the close button
  - jkabrg 8y ago
    If you're using Firefox, use the reader mode.
zokier 8y ago
> since it is in the official Google repository, presumably someone at Google was actually doing it on paid time Unlikely. Google (like many companies) assert ownership of everything their employees create, even on their free time. There are plenty of projects under Google organization that have no other affiliation with Google.
- lifthrasiir 8y ago
  For that reason I sincerely hope that those unofficial projects go to another dedicated org (say, `google-unofficial`). It is so much confusing.
  - raphlinus 8y ago
    I had this question all the time. I agree, they should do something like google20p, which would have the side effect of advertising the fact that 20 percent still exists.
- exikyut 8y ago
  Ouch, I had no idea. Is this true of all of FAANG? :/
- dukoid 8y ago
  It might be a 20% project. Also, there is a process to clarify / obtain the copyright: https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/ https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/
  - tokai 8y ago
    I thought 20% time has been gone for years.
jlg23 8y ago
> I'm confused why anyone would spend time doing this Plain, good, old fun?

by xrd 8y ago

xrd 8y ago

The author has a fascinating discussion of basic on his blog. https://flagxor.com/article/source-code https://flagxor.com/article/source-code I might be coming around to the why of this.

bcherny 8y ago
Sidenote, that is one obnoxious color scheme :/
- TomMarius 8y ago
  And width. I have an ultrawide display, really not a good reading experience. Newspapers put text in columns for a reason.
- jlg23 8y ago
  Looks fine in lynx on a 80x25 terminal ;)
- zem 8y ago
  I spent a few seconds thinking it was one of those popup overlays and looking for the close button
- jkabrg 8y ago
  If you're using Firefox, use the reader mode.

zokier 8y ago

> since it is in the official Google repository, presumably someone at Google was actually doing it on paid time Unlikely. Google (like many companies) assert ownership of everything their employees create, even on their free time. There are plenty of projects under Google organization that have no other affiliation with Google.

lifthrasiir 8y ago
For that reason I sincerely hope that those unofficial projects go to another dedicated org (say, `google-unofficial`). It is so much confusing.
- raphlinus 8y ago
  I had this question all the time. I agree, they should do something like google20p, which would have the side effect of advertising the fact that 20 percent still exists.
exikyut 8y ago
Ouch, I had no idea. Is this true of all of FAANG? :/
dukoid 8y ago
It might be a 20% project. Also, there is a process to clarify / obtain the copyright: https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/ https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/
- tokai 8y ago
  I thought 20% time has been gone for years.

jlg23 8y ago

> I'm confused why anyone would spend time doing this Plain, good, old fun?