This incident may follow a similar formula, that someone working at Newsweek or a third party supporting the site introduced the code as a joke.

FORBES: Newsweek Reports The Zombie Invasion

Google has a long history of supporting the development of free software through its Summer of Code program.

FORBES: Google Really Is Less Evil Than Its Competitors

London, 14th February 2013: Images and open source code for the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu will be published on Thursday 21st February, supporting the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones.

ENGADGET: Touch-based Ubuntu preview coming February 21st, will work on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4