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Google Launches Google Code

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the submission-avalanche dept.

ibjhb writes "Google is at it again and has launched Google Code. It appears to be "Google's place for Open Source software". " Can't say that I'm surprised that our old friend (and former Slashdot Author) Chris DiBona is working on this one. They have links to several open source projects, as well as to Google API information.

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  1. Google and 20% time by nathan+s · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From the FAQ:

    You may have heard about 20% time, in which Google engineers are encouraged to work on a personal project one day out of the week. Open Source interests a lot of Google developers, so we thought taking advantage of this program was a good way to prepare code for release and maintenance.

    People at Google keep saying that they get ~20% time to work on personal projects. I'm curious about a couple of things here.

    • Does this 20% time come out of the normal 40hr/week thing (and for that matter, do these engineers work 40/week or are they doing 100/week and get 20% time out of that)?
    • Does Google or the developer own intellectual property developed out of that 20% time?
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