On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:27 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.python@gmail.com> wrote:

"They"?  nah.  "Google LLC" did not request anything.  People who happen to be working for Google on a Google owned project asked a question seeking clarification / codification of some details.  There is nothing more to read into that.  Adam was merely introducing himself by stating some background info as he hasn't participated on the list much in the past.

-gps | destroyer of conspiracies

PS The number of core devs / committers who are Googlers has been high for well over a decade (myself included).  As is true for many other large open source friendly companies as well.  I believe Microsoft has the most active committers employed at the moment.