> if Google wins, you just won't have a choice in the matter.
> Google winning will allow any large company to replace open source software with proprietary software with no ability for devs to protect themselves.
Can you back this up? What should I be reading if I wanted to convince myself that this is true? What if I'm not releasing a FOSS library (and necessarily publishing the API) which I hope people will use if only to justify the time I spent designing and implementing it?
> Google winning will allow any large company to replace open source software with proprietary software with no ability for devs to protect themselves.
Can you back this up? What should I be reading if I wanted to convince myself that this is true? What if I'm not releasing a FOSS library (and necessarily publishing the API) which I hope people will use if only to justify the time I spent designing and implementing it?