its not as open as community projects, but it is still open source. this is the sort of attitude that makes companies turn away from community development: the. sense of entitlement users get.

they develop a great system, give it away for free, and publish the source. isn't that enough, do they really need to follow your preferred development pattern too?

if you want to evangelize software freedom, how about commending Google for being as open as they are, and criticising the sellers of totally closed systems.