TLDR: In response to the recent resignation of Rust-for-Linux's Wedson Almeida Filho [0] and consequent debate over the politics of Rust in the kernel, Drew DeVault suggests that the Rust for Linux crowd build their own ABI-compatible Linux clone, reasoning that a clone is easier than a greenfield research OS (like the existing Redux).
It's not a bad idea, imho. Rust folks love rewriting things, and are often quite good at it. It would keep both the curmudgeonly kernel Never-Rusters and the Rust evangelism brigades happy (by keeping them apart). And it's a great proving ground for Rust's claims - assuming licence compatibility, successful rewrites of individual components could be lifted by Linux down the line.