[adastra22]

> Rust doesn't have much of a choice unless they want to let "Rust" go public domain and let any and every one use it w/o any control.

And that would be bad because....?

This is an open-source programming language, not a business. IMHO it shouldn't even be trademarked.

[obarthelemy]

If you lose control of the trademark, you open the door to fake rust.