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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

JavaScript is an Oracle's trademark?

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

The trademark was originally issued to Sun Microsystems on 6 May 1997, and was transferred to Oracle when they acquired Sun in 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Trademark

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago

Sun played no, or no authoritative, role in developing javascript. I don't know how they got the trademark except perhaps no one owning it thought they could monetize the trademark.

[-] greybeard@feddit.online 8 points 1 day ago

They bought Java (not javascript) a long time ago. With, as far as I can tell, the sole intent of monetization through legal action.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

They bought Java (not javascript)

They bought Sun, which "owned" Java and JavaScript.

[-] greybeard@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago

Interesting, I didn't realize they got the javascript trademark when they got Sun. I wouldn't be surprised if a judge threw out the trademark as generic at this point, if they understood technology, but that's a big if. I knew naming rights were a big reason that people tried to roll the name back to ECMAScript, but that never really took off.

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