Google's open source balancing act
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Stephen Shankland of CNET has published a very interesting interview with Chris DiBona, Google's open source programs manager. DiBona discusses some projects Google contributes to as well as the processes they follow when contributing to FOSS projects or incorporating FOSS code into their software.