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Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google Drive
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The thread barely engaged with AI or machine-learning issues. Its substantive debate was about Android source availability, GPLv2 compliance, and whether requiring a request form plus delayed Google Drive delivery defeats the practical purpose of publishing source. Those are software licensing and platform-governance questions rather than claims about model capabilities, AI safety, training, AI tooling, or AI access. One commenter linked Google’s increasingly restrictive Android posture to its position as a major AI company, arguing that a cash-rich firm pursuing AGI should have little reason to narrow user control. But the thread offered no concrete connection between the source-code change and AI development, deployment, model access, or AI applications. Other participants focused on the legal distinction between meeting GPLv2’s minimum source-offer requirements and honoring the collaborative norms people expect from open-source projects. Because the discussion contained no clear AI/ML-specific praise or criticism, it does not support a meaningful AI sentiment assessment.