Ryan's post is a very good explanation. But here it is for a 5y/o:
1. Deno claims Oracle should give up the JS trademark because a) It's generic, b) they abandoned it, c) fraud.
2. Oracle says "ignore the fraud" and nobody do anything until we all agree to ignore it.
3. Everything is just delayed.
1. Deno claims Oracle should give up the JS trademark because a) It's generic, b) they abandoned it, c) fraud.
2. Oracle says "ignore the fraud" and nobody do anything until we all agree to ignore it.
3. Everything is just delayed.
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Sun had a legitimate claim because Netscape shared it with them back in the day - they wanted JavaScript to draft off the popularity of Java.
Sun didn't have a major hand in JavaScript but Oracle got the TM when it acquired Sun.
The petition and lawsuit is about the fact that they no longer use it (abandoned), it is a ubiquitous term now (generic) and they lied when they renewed the trademark (sending screenshots of Node.js, not an Oracle product).