> ou want people to build on top of it rather than making up a new and utterly foreign thing every time, so you want people to copy the exact things about it that make this possible, correctly.
As the copyright holder you are free to grant that right to anyone. In fact, if Google wins, you just won't have a choice in the matter. If Oracle wins it's far more inline with how licensing currently works - the developer chooses who and how their code is used.
Ironically enough, Oracle winning gives developers more power over their code. Google winning will allow any large company to replace open source software with proprietary software with no ability for devs to protect themselves.
As the copyright holder you are free to grant that right to anyone. In fact, if Google wins, you just won't have a choice in the matter. If Oracle wins it's far more inline with how licensing currently works - the developer chooses who and how their code is used.
Ironically enough, Oracle winning gives developers more power over their code. Google winning will allow any large company to replace open source software with proprietary software with no ability for devs to protect themselves.