Is that even the relevant authority to be considering? Since QUIC is not formally specified yet and only exists as a de facto standard with little historical stability so far, isn't it primarily defined by the most prevalent implementations—Google's official client and servers—not the current state of the project's version control repository?

I do admit that things aren't as cut-and-dry for protocols and specifications than for actual implementations where rights and ownership are pretty clearly defined, but surely you can see that there is a distinction that can be drawn here? QUIC is expected to become an open standard (or die), but it's not there yet. Though it may be further along on the "open" than "standard" aspect.