"Google doesn't pay companies that developed open source software that Google now relies on." This is false. Seriously - i'm not sure why people on HN like to

"Google doesn't pay companies that developed open source software that Google now relies on." This is false. Seriously - i'm not sure why people on HN like to offer things as facts that they simply aren't ever going to know about. Google in fact does pay companies that developed open source software that Google relies upon.