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>>stevek+(OP)
This is actually good news. Rust was in the Mozilla incubator for the longest time. Moving out signals it’s mature enough to stand on it own. Mozilla has done a great job in incubating Rust. Now is the time for Rust to fly on its own wings.

>>ww520+9e
I want to clarify: The Rust project has been largely "outside" of the Mozilla incubator for quite a while already; with most of the governance being non-Mozilla individuals. The main things Mozilla provided was infrastructure (a lot of which has moved out in the past year), trademark ownership, and paying some people to work on Rust full-time (which many companies do now).

Make no mistake, Mozilla has contributed a lot to the Rust project, but the particular stage of maturity you mention was achieved some years ago :)

>>Manish+wg
Why are Mozilla clearly so closely involved in the announcement of the creation of a foundation? To be honest it does come across that the desire to state that there is distance between Rust and Mozilla somewhat exceeds the actual distance. Certainly it's understandable, based on this language, that GP understood the moment of separation to be more "now" than "several years ago".

> Mozilla and the Rust Core Team are happy to announce plans to create a Rust foundation. Our goal is to have the first iteration of the foundation up and running by the end of the year.

(Later changed to

> the Rust Core Team and Mozilla are happy to announce plans to create a Rust foundation. The Rust Core Team's goal is to have the first iteration of the foundation up and running by the end of the year.

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