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This sends a more powerful message than if the corporation had just avoided the work in the first place. I am hopeful and inspired by the employees stand.

Lights are shining through the cracks in the conflict dominated narrative of these times, and we have never had greater means to analyse and resolve our troubles with each other and with our environment.

Thankyou Googlers for showing up for resolution.

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No it doesn't.

It still gives them between 6 months and 18 months (whenever the contract expires in 2019) to continue working on this project. They may even finish it during that timeframe. This is purely PR fluff.

Its not PR fluff that one of the worlds most prestigious workforces has publicly rejected this kind of work. Money cant buy that quality of publicity, it has come from the hearts and minds of the workforce.

If they had listened, they would pull out immediately. Not sure if you realize that they'll continue working on this for a few more months before they are out...

There is certainly going to be a special atmosphere while the few unlucky engineers finish up the existing contract for legalities sake.

Unlikely. Alphabet will spin off the division and sell it for blood$.

Agreed. I used to think google wasnt helping develop killer drones. Them deciding that eventually stopping their killer drone project for the military would be better for business doesn't impress me.

Read articles about the leaked emails. They clearly talk about segueing from this project into additional multi-hundred-million-dollar contracts. So yes, it's a huge win if the Pentagon contracts die with Maven.

The government has perpetual rights to the work products generated under this contract. How is that better?

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