Comment by tiffanyh
2 days ago
This title is misleading which is why Linus wrote his note.
A better title would be “Linus clarifies that maintainers can’t dictate who or what (like Rust) use their code.”
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Key quote:
So let me be very clear: if you as a maintainer feel that you control who or what can use your code, YOU ARE WRONG.
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So this email is not about some "Rust policy". This email is about a much bigger issue: as a maintainer you are in charge of your code, sure - but you are not in charge of who uses the end result and how.
The title is copied verbatim from his mail.
> But that "wall of protection" basically goes both ways. If you don't want to deal with the Rust code, you get no say on the Rust code.
(emphasis is not mine)