A Note on the Trademark Policy Draft

More replies are on an identical submission from the previous day here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35546934

This post is not from the "Foundation", it's from "Rust the Project" (i.e the people who make rust). Or at least it's the "Rust Project" leadership and such. So talking about the "foundation" makes no sense. Did you read the post?

> For the past eight months, the Rust Foundation Project Directors have been working with the informal Trademark Working Group and the Foundation staff to draft an updated policy and FAQ for the Rust trademark.

> An update to the existing policy was needed, and project leadership planned for this to be done together with the Foundation.

> Since the draft was announced, we've noticed a widespread impression that this policy was created solely by the Foundation and is being imposed on the Rust Project and community. That is not true. The policy draft was created with the input and consent of each of the co-authors of this post, with the intent to clarify existing policies, incorporate community feedback, and preserve the Rust brand for years to come. The Foundation also cannot – and has no interest in – unilaterally adopting such a policy without the agreement and involvement of its Project Directors.

Now, a different matter is that "The Rust Project Leadership do not represent The Project", and there's some truth to that. If you look at discussions in the rust zulip, some of them have expressed some agreement with that idea and that they have been working for a while now at improving the "Rust the Project" governing structures and communication channels.

I just find it very odd that so many people focus on attacking "The Foundation". I think maybe they want to blame some "non technical" group of outsiders, and find it hard to accept that this was also a bit of a failing of the Project.