I am also confused with that statement because the files appear to have Google Copyright in them. Example https://github.com/google/bottery/blob/master/js/bots.js
So its not official Google Product yet has Google Copyright. Not sure how that works.
So its not official Google Product yet has Google Copyright. Not sure how that works.
If they want to open source anything they have to ask Google for permission. It doesn't have to be hosted under the Google GitHub organization though (take Camlistore[1] as an example, although their primary repository is still hosted at googlesource.com).
This also means that if you want to contribute code to an open source project started by a Googler you will have to sign the Google CLA.
TL;DR: Google's employment agreement means Google owns the copyright, which is what you see here. That doesn't mean we are endorsing the repo or making any claims to its importance.
I guess she wrote it at work.