[yannoninator]

> 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.

[ta988]

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

[yannoninator]

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

[ta988]

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.

[yannoninator]

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.

[dieortin]

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

[steveklabnik]

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