[haiku] Re: Conspiracy Theory GSOC (was - Re: Re: Haiku has been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2011!)
- From: Niels Sascha Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:24:41 +0100
Hello,
On 23 March 2011 16:04, Dave Osbourne
<super_dooper_dave_osbourne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Could change the threat to some other title, but maybe being involved with
> Google SOC is a back door to such activities already. Google does sell user
> data to the US and other high priced entities... As well, they work with
> dark operations within our own government, and admit it publicly. And people
> still line up to use their search and ad services world wide in droves. Why
> is it that Haiku is participating in such activities, supported in part with
> tools like SOC, I have no idea!
I am not sure whether the adagium 'don't feed the trolls' also extends
to 'don't feed the conspiracy theorists,' but I will try nonetheless.
Google has expressed their interest in the GSoC program because it
basically gives students their first work experience. Google is very
interested in recruiting talent from colleges, and this program is for
them a way to help them approach and select better. This is not to say
that there is no will to help OSS at Google, but it is not pure
philantrophy either.
Google does not decide which students get picked. Google does not
decide which projects they are able to participate in. Their power
extends to the point of accepting an organization or not, and dividing
up the slots, beyond that point everything is basically open for the
orgs to decide for themselves.
Kind regards,
Niels
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