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So when Google removed don't be evil, they really meant it. It shows more and more each day.
They didn't remove "don't be evil". It's still there today: https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/ (final paragraph)
Wow. I've heard that rumour being spread all over the place for YEARS now, and you're the first to pull up proof that it's still there. Interesting!
It looks like the code of conduct used to include a preface about don't be evil, that's what was removed.
"Who put this 'Don't' here? We'll just get rid of that!"
They're just build flags or compiler versions being different, no need to be melodramatic.
“We’re open source but not open source enough to your liking” is a VERY strange criteria for “evil” when most other commercial software companies are not open source at all.