Remove the Google logo from the Golang website

[fgonzag]

I don't get it. Go is a google sponsored project. Nobody cries about .net core including Microsoft logos, or Java using Oracle's, kotlin with jetbrains, etc.

I honestly think it's better that the logo is prominently displayed, lest people forget who actually controls the language.

[thanatos_dem]

If it’s not branded as a google product that sure reduces the perceived risk of it being cancelled out of the blue one day.

[danpalmer]

I’m quite far from the ongoing Go community discussions, but this seems to be a perfect example?

> We’ve discusses this internally and decided...

As one commenter on the PR points out, they’ve discussed it internally, now it’s time to discuss as a community, but this issue has still been closed.

I don’t have an opinion on the actual topic here, but if Google don’t want to be perceived as doing whatever they like with Go and not involving the community, then they have to at least have these discussions. Even if they come to the table with strong opinions and good reasons, keeping up the appearance of community involvement like in this issue creates a culture of Go being community driven, and right now that culture is lacking.

[Carpetsmoker]

> I don’t have an opinion on the actual topic here, but if Google don’t want to be perceived as doing whatever they like with Go and not involving the community, then they have to at least have these discussions.

Google hires many Go developers, hosts all the infrastructure, etc. They've been spending millions of dollars a year for the last decade or so on the project.

A small logo at the bottom of the website doesn't seem like much to ask for.

It's not even uncommon, but some people seem to see everything Google does as some plan for world domination shrug.

[anonygler]

Almost every sponsored project has internal discussions. Many sync from the internal source control to GitHub.

Is it really realistic to make every chat with a colleague into a formal, public RFC?

[jart]

I agree, it's just that the folks who are stirring up drama, they don't represent the Go community. Google does. They're the ones who speak up and stand up for the whole community, many of whom aren't allowed to have a public voice in these matters by their employers. That's what the logo represents. It doesn't mean "this language is google's" but rather "google works for you."

[anonygler]

This is overly snarky and should be closed for that alone.

Google funded its development. OSS projects do this. React has Copyright Facebook, yet I don’t see snarky PRs about scrubbing their name. Maybe Google’s logo shouldn’t be colorful?

[TurboHaskal]

Can’t be a color issue since most gophers are colorblind.

[mda]

I agree I am surprised they bothered to answer kindly.

[znpy]

If the community wants to have a say in go's future without Google's veto, then the community should just fork the code and move ahead.

Otherwise it's still Google's thing.

[scarejunba]

This is petty nonsense. It's not even an interesting thing.

[env123]

How about Angular? Isn't it a Google product as well? How come it doesn't have the Google logo on https://angular.io/? Maybe someone should raise a ticket to request for the Google logo to be included like in Go? For the sake of consistency...