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Because people love Rust, even though it's not entirely FOSS.
What are you referring to? https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/licenses and https://github.com/rust-lang/rust?tab=readme-ov-file#license seem to say otherwise...
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Bruh that's now what I was talking about at all. I don't consider closed trademarks something that makes software not free. Rust is basically source-available. You can't modify it without permission. It's basically proprietary software.
Then why are people saying you can't distribute modified versions at all without permission?
Rust isn't a new project. It looks like it's the most popular language now. I still don't believe someone made so much drama because of branding restrictions. Firefox have them too. I'll have to research it myself. Maybe there's a loophole or law abuse in this situation.