I'm not sure what your point is. The exceeding majority of the work done on these foundational projects has been done as works for hire. The issue isn't the r

I'm not sure what your point is. The exceeding majority of the work done on these foundational projects has been done as works for hire. The issue isn't the relationship between Google and Coder Jane. Its between Google and Red Hat. Its between Google and Samsung. Intel and ARM both collaborate on GCC and Linux all the time while being fierce competitors. Google, Canonical, Red Hat, etc all contribute to Linux while being fierce competitors. But the only companies that contribute to Android and ChromeOS are device partners, and the partner contributions are far more limited in scope.