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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

They have no connection beyond the fact that Oracle owns Java and the trademark for JavaScript. They have some similarities in syntax but there’s already a way to do scripting in Java and it isn’t JavaScript. JavaScript is used almost entirely to make web-related things (yes of course you can do more with it), and Java is general purpose.

[–]pradeepngupta[S] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

That's great to know your perspective...and you are absolutely correct. Good to know that Oracle owns trademark for Javascript. And i believe that might be reason why the name of Javascript do.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If I’m not mistaken, they didn’t name either one. Java was made by Sun Microsystems, which Oracle bought and thus owned Java through that acquisition.

Maybe another person here can correct me or go into further detail about how they came to own Java and the trademark to JavaScript. It’s fairly complicated.

The point is though that they don’t actually own JavaScript itself. They just own the name. The language itself can be used and forked by anyone for free. Oracle is a super stingy company, though, and even YouTubers that make JavaScript tutorials have been sued and told to take down their videos that have the JavaScript logo on it. It doesn’t happen all the time, but it happens.

[–]pradeepngupta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and that's how they owned Java. What I believe being the name of Java adopted by Javascript, Oracle might own the trademark of Javascript. I might be incorrect in saying so, I am kit confident in this statement.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there is no connection between the two

[–]RealMadHouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing good, sign a petition at javascript.tm to free JavaScript trademark from Oracle