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It prevents Oracle from suing, but everybody calls it JavaScript anyway...

• that_guy_iain 2y ago
  And the fact Oracle didn't sue for trademark infringement on that or TypeScript which is often referred to as JavaScript is probably not going to help Oracle here. But I doubt Oracle cares either way.
  • nayuki 2y ago
    Nor did they sue ActionScript (Macromedia Flash's implementation of JavaScript), CoffeeScript (a separate language that compiles to JavaScript, and has a name very much evoking Java).
    • that_guy_iain 2y ago
      Did they even have the trademark for those two. AFIK They got it in 2010 when they bought Sun.
    • bawolff 2y ago
      I don't see any reason why that would matter. The name "actionscript" does not have the word "java" in it. The relavent part is they didn't sue anyone using the name "javascript". Even if they had a valid trademark (which i doubt) that doesn't prevent anyone from selling a similar product under a different name.
      • nayuki 2y ago
        I was replying to that_guy_iain, who pointed out that Oracle didn't sue Microsoft for TypeScript. Notice that TypeScript does not have the word "Java" in it either.
    • anthk 2y ago
      There's are tons of libre licensed Java JVM's which names related to coffee.
• graemep 2y ago
  Which is evidence that Javascript is now a generic term.