Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Boulth6 1870 days ago
This is mostly for legal reasons and the "for X" where X is a trademark is a common theme. (just look at Google Play store "for Twitter" or "for Reddit").

Looks and sounds weird though!
1 comments
dataflow 1870 days ago
They use that excuse but it doesn't explain the fact that they had alternatives like "the Windows Linux Subsystem" or "the Windows Rust library"...
link
skohan 1870 days ago
Even "Rust Library for Windows" (or why not just "Rust Windows API Library") would be more clear.
link
dataflow 1870 days ago
I think the legal issue was that you don't want to start with a trademark name since it suggests endorsement/support from that party.
link
skohan 1870 days ago
Doesn't "Rust for Windows" start with a trademark name?
link
dataflow 1869 days ago
Yeah I don't know how they got away with that!
link