Ok, so the MORE relevant link is to the FAQ page, not the download page.

http://wifi.google.com/faq.html

So it's someone's 20% community project. That's cool! I think the problem here is some people see the almighty G and assume it will be fundamentally transcendental, such as Google search was, and this is by no means that big of a deal.

Still, it's good to see them doing it for free. "Do no evil" and all of that too, yada yada.