This is just the way licensing works today. So just take the existing rules for a software license and apply them to an API.
> 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?
If Oracle wins you are the copyright holder of that code, including the API. So feel free to let anyone use it if you would like.
Oracle winning means you get more control over your code. Google winning means you have no control over the API.
This is just the way licensing works today. So just take the existing rules for a software license and apply them to an API.
> 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?
If Oracle wins you are the copyright holder of that code, including the API. So feel free to let anyone use it if you would like.
Oracle winning means you get more control over your code. Google winning means you have no control over the API.