Certain people have certain authority to talk about certain things. I set policy around open source and open source licensing. I can speak officially to open

Certain people have certain authority to talk about certain things. I set policy around open source and open source licensing. I can speak officially to open source issues for Google (though at least here, i'm not unless I specifically say I am) This does not mean it's a cohesive whole however. In particular, a small team Of 3-4 people in the middle of a random non-android product area is not going to have the android team breathing down their neck asking them to "not break down numbers" or whatever the parent thinks happened here.