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1) Put JS in maintenance mode, don’t add any language features, only runtime 2) TS becomes the official mainline, whoever doesn’t like types can just keep writing as they did before, because valid JS is valid TS Problem solved, it’s not that difficult.
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Same as Go and Google then. Is the ownership of the trademark of the name/logo of a FOSS language really that big a deal?
That's the entire issue here: JS is a FOSS language and they don't like that Oracle owns the trademark.
"If you do not act, we will challenge your ownership by filing a petition for cancellation with the USPTO." So, just go ahead and do it already. Your cute letter isn't going to change anything.
https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle
This post is more than a year old.
And the list of updates at the top says they've since filed a petition to dismiss the trademark, and Oracle has filed to dismiss the petition.
I'd rather start a completely new, better language for the browser.
Should have [2024]. The "postmark" says Sep 16, 2024. And the list of updates at the top says they've since filed a petition to dismiss the trademark, and Oracle has filed to dismiss the petition.
Edit: I read that date shockingly wrong, their response was February of 2025 so this is pretty old.
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I don't care about most ridiculous "battles" people are trying to wage, let alone this one, I was bluntly saying there are better things to spend money on if you do wish to "win battles". You're allowed to criticize things without offering a solution, especially if you don't care all that much about the topic at hand. As a sidenote, Regarding your comment on my perceived lack of pragmatism, I'd point you to a definit…
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Because trying to do the impossible has gone down so well in history and politics.
"History and politics" is very much the domain of people trying to do the impossible - to rewrite society as they will it. It would take a lot of either ignorance or disingenuity to claim that this has never gone well.
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...and we'll have another API warfa^H^H^H^H lawsuit that we had for Java.
Wasn't that a copyright issue? I thought the point of contention is that Google allegedly copied Oracle's API design when they re-wrote Java for Android.