Google's position as the primary/sole developer of Fuchsia also gives them the control to build the OS in commercially lucrative ways that don't necessarily earn the approval of the Linux open source community (programming shortcuts, proprietary/non-GPL extensions, etc).
Is it a new standard that if company develops code, they are morally required to seek "approval of the Linux open source community" ?
Are we applying this standard only to Google, or all companies?
If writing and open-sourcing code under permissive license is bad if it's done without "approval of Linux open source community", then how bad, in comparison, is what e.g. Apple or Microsoft do (not open sourcing iOS or Windows)?
They're saying that if Google were to pursue their OS goals, specifically using Linux as a base, then they would likely end up doing things that would earn the scorn of the Linux community (at least; it's more likely that what they want to do is GPL-violating).
Historically, with (ancient) 1st generation microkernels like Mach (used in OSX/IOS), sure.
Else, this article's decent: http://blog.darknedgy.net/technology/2016/01/01/0/