Watching the @nodejs doc made me want to publicly be on twitter again. A decade ago I deleted my twitter account (@ryah) - back then node's growing popularity caused a lot of noise that I didn't want in my ear. But that was long ago - seems fun to have a public profile now!
I wrote this open letter because I believe the "JavaScript" trademark has been abandoned by @Oracle as defined in US trademark law. "JavaScript" is a generic term for the world's most popular programming language - not an Oracle product. If you agree, please sign the letter to
Oracle has just filed an answer to our petition to cancel the JavaScript trademark. They deny that "JavaScript" is generic or abandoned: "[Oracle] denies that there is broad industry and public consensus that the term ‘JavaScript’ is generic."
ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=…
After 5.5 years of attempts, I've finally gained control over the "deno" package on npm. Naturally we will make `npm install -g deno` work now
npmjs.com/package/deno
Woke up to 100k stars on Deno! Thanks everyone!
Stars are approximately meaningless, but I'm still happy to assert I've started two 100k github projects
Oracle is so going to lose this trademark battle. The twitter account @JavaScript is controlled by Oracle, but uses a logo created by @voodootikigod. The home page is the "Oracle Developer Center" which scarcely mentions JavaScript at all.
It's illegal trademark warehousing at
