Why is this worth doing? What wrong with the status quo? The author does not give any examples of Oracle threatening people for using the JavaScript (tm) name.

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tobr 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They have linked to an example from one of the blog posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/14vnipl/rust_f...

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tonkinai 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The example is indeed two years old. I also couldn't find any point in the article that explains why this is worth doing.

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serial_dev 7 hours ago | parent [-]

But it's a valid example, isn't it?

Someone just wanted to share their Rust + JavaScript knowledge with people, and they got a cease and desist. It's clearly not ideal.

	▲	tantalor 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Given they did not change the name, it suggests the legal challenge had failed. So why do we care?

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Vinnl 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think it's mostly a marketing play by Deno.

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cal85 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem is FUD. Some guy at a company gets told he has to wait for legal to approve some open source project or initiative that happens to use JS in the name, because his boss heard there’s a trademark issue, and the enthusiasm fades and the idea gets sidelined. There’s probably been thousands of tiny little instances of FUD like that, which we’d never hear about, and which have led to good things not happening.

One clear instance of FUD we do know about is the spec itself is not titled with the name of the language it specifies, which is then its own source of confusion for newcomers trying to learn the web platform, and makes it harder for old timers to explain things, and is generally annoying. Complexity. Confusion. Doubt. Inaction.

Removing legal FUD from the world is a good cause. I don’t mind if it also works as a good marketing play for Deno.

	▲	zoeysmithe 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This! I dont think people realize how many people fold like this. Almost nothing actually gets litigated. Litigation is a huge risk and very expensive. The profit incentive at companies means this fight is almost never worth it and its just easier to fold and use a competitor's technology.