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SignalM 5 days ago

I appreciate the thought but this isn’t even a David and Goliath .. this is David’s infant taking on Goliath… Oracle spends more on lawyers than engineers. If this 200k is spent it will be thrown in the garbage. Unless Oracle wants to release it on their own they’ll happily stay in court until every penny Deno has is gone and not think twice about it. Have the team focus on something else.. this isn’t even worth typing up and putting on their website.

tonymet 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

they make a good case that the fundraising would go to assembling evidence like surveys, witnesses -- i.e. discovery -- rather than the billable hours. They probably have pro bono attorneys. Any lawyer would love a W against Oracle in a notorious case like this. Their career would be set for life.

chamomeal 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I know there are all kinds of lawyers and pro bono work and such. But $200k sounds like a tiny pittance in lawyer world

davorak 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> If this 200k is spent it will be thrown in the garbage.

How much will oracle pay to defend that $200k of effort? If the ratio is good enough it still sounds like a worthwhile cause, that is Oracle paying for, in my opinion, holding on to the javascript trademark unduly.

Wowfunhappy 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

But surely it counts for something than Deno has the facts on their side?