> The irony is that Google probably would not have done this if the codebase just omitted a license entirely. When I worked there, they wouldn't allow OSS with

> The irony is that Google probably would not have done this if the codebase just omitted a license entirely. When I worked there, they wouldn't allow OSS with no license. This is because a license is the only way to legally use code. Code being publicly accessible doesn't mean it's free-as-in-freedom to use.