On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 11:54:51 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'... today we are expanding Fuchsia's open source model to welcome contributions from the public.'
An alternative view <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/googles-secretive-fuchsia-os-is-open-for-contributions/>: Google says it has "been developing Fuchsia in the open, in our git repository for the last four years." That's not quite how I would describe the development process. After we compiled Fuchsia and got it running on a Pixelbook, the Fuchsia team scrubbed the repo of the user interface. I would guess Fuchsia has a similar setup to Android, with a public-facing repository full of the bits Google is willing to disclose, and a private repo where all the interesting stuff happens. Either that or Google has done zero interface work in the last two years, and Fuchsia development is slower than anyone was expecting—I don't see any user interface code in the repo. There is a public bug tracker, but many of the bugs are labeled "Restrict-View-Google" and are not visible to non-employees.