The Rust Foundation caused a fracas with their proposed new trademark rules. Bryan and Adam were lucky enough to be joined by Ashley Williams, Adam Jacob, and Steve Klabnik for an insightful discussion of open source governance and communities--in particular as applied to Rust.

Rust Trademark: Argle-bargle or Foofaraw?

We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from April 17th, 2023.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Ashley Williams, Adam Jacob, and Steve Klabnik.

Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

Succession
The Simpsons (explaining the title of this episode)
The Wire
The Wire at 20 Podcast
The Register: Rust Foundation Apologizes for Trademark Policy
Jomboy (our aspiration)
Ice Weasel
Pamela Chestek
Bryan's talk from Node Summit 2017: Platform as a Reflection of Values
Linux Foundation form 990
Rust Foundation Board
Rust Foundation participation rules

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Rust Trademark: Argle-bargle or Foofaraw?

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Rust Trademark: Argle-bargle or Foofaraw?