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Oracle lays mines in JavaScript trademark battle (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The last paragraph sums up my opinion very well:

He concludes, "The truth is simple: Oracle did not create JavaScript. Oracle does not control JavaScript. Oracle should not own the trademark for JavaScript."

Wish Oracle would let this trademark already go...

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

"JavaScript" was genericized before oracle even acquired the name (via sun microsystems).

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I still don't get why the modern web is built on such a problematic language. Do webdevs also have a kink for getting sued by Oracle?