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They aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their heart. It’s a pain in the butt to maintain out of tree changes. Getting code upstreamed means less maintenan
by anonuser123456 6y ago
They aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their heart. It’s a pain in the butt to maintain out of tree changes. Getting code upstreamed means less maintenance work.
- zhobbs 6y agoIn my experience the types of developers building this stuff are personally fans of open source and companies are willing to let them submit upstream due to PR wins and limited downside.
- mav3rick 6y agoSo ? Upstream also benefits. Just because it's Google bring on every negative point of view
- buttersbrian 6y agoSo? If it benefits OSS and Google, what do you care? Companies, who make up a sizable portion of OSS commits, do it because their interests align. Why is this different, and suspicious or malicious?
- jasonvorhe 6y agoSo you're basically saying that all of OSS is primarily held together because the interests of various companies align somewhere? Sounds perfect.