Given this and their recent decision keep Honeycomb closed-source (albeit temporarily), one might draw a conlusion that Google only embraces open source so they

Given this and their recent decision keep Honeycomb closed-source (albeit temporarily), one might draw a conlusion that Google only embraces open source so they can leverage it for business advantage. Not saying that's the way it is - but it's important to keep in mind that they are not always the 'do no evil' company so many blindly accept them to be.