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> In this case I'm siding with Oracle.

Only because you don't understand Trademarks. They are not copyrights.

Trademarks exists to protect consumers, so they don't mix together companies and products that have too similar name or branding. So somebody can't release a product called iPhona for $600 in the hopes that somebody will overlook the typo and order it instead of an iPhone for $600.

If a company is not offering a product based on a trademark, that trademark should actively be removed. Oracle is not using the JavaScript trademark.






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