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> well Google's using all three in different ways...

So that justifies giving them a seat at the board of directors and not just a sponsorship?

Apple and Facebook both use Rust but I don't see anything about them being on the board (at least Facebook for now), the least I expect is sponsorship.

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Google contributes a lot to Kotlin though. So they are not just sponsors.

Interesting perspective, so just like Rust then? Seems like Google can just buy board seats then.

If you mean by dedicating workforce (which costs money, and a lot for them because of their salaries policies) they are buying a seat? Yes. The same way a major contributor (not just code, but doc, funding, community building...) to a FOSS project often has more power on the decisions than users.

Now I would be unhappy to see a company that just pours millions in a project, gets to take decisions but doesn't do anything else to make the project better. But I don't believe that's the case here.

You can do all of this without getting a board seat.

It seems we are all OK with allowing this to happen, but we shall see.

I’m curious, what does Apple use Rust for?

They were hiring for their storage and networking groups, but that’s all we know.

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