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by atdt 25 days ago
The money contributed to the Rust Foundation by large corporate members supports initiatives[0] that benefit all users of Rust, and I am happy for it. The slow and deliberative approach the Foundation took to crafting the AI policy, and even the hedging language in the policy itself, are indicators of a healthy open organization. The author's scorn shows immaturity.

  [0]: https://rustfoundation.org/#initiatives
2 comments

An "open" healthy organisation does not stack the cards during major policy discussions by forbidding major arguments against the adoption of a position its backers clearly want. The author is right to call that out. It was an extremely disappointing move for Rust to make.
It's also Ok to ban discussions that will lead nowhere or cause flame wars.
Yes the author is a kid - strictly codes as hobby (https://gracefulliberty.com/llms/). So would take the post as opinions, but no one shoudl read more than that into it.