There is lots going on linking open source developments with the open culture of the internet and Google in particular. See a general story about OSS and Google in New Zealand: www.stuff.co.nz/technology/1401576

Google also supports many open source developments through a student internship scheme: code.google.com/soc/2008/

See also google-opensource.blogspot.com/ and google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/02/software-construction-toolkit-released.html