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[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Apparently the JS name was selected and announced in partnership with Sun from the very beginning, and Sun had the copyright over both Java and JapaScript up until the acquisition by Oracle. I had no idea, but that makes perfect sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Sun, afaiu, was part of a large committee on js without any particular leadership. They got the committee to agree to giving it trademark by complaining/threatening that the name was too close to java. Sun got trademark 4 years after Netscape started support for js. ECMAscript was mostly the same committee without SUN ownership/trademark. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Sun, afaiu, was part of a large committee on js without any particular leadership. They got the committee to agree to giving it trademark by complaining/threatening that the name was too close to java. Sun got trademark 4 years after Netscape started support for js. ECMAscript was mostly the same committee without SUN ownership/trademark. permalink fedilink source parent