Other uses of the Marks considered infringing without specific permission, in the draft, are events and conferences, domain names and subdomains. The Reddit commentator mentioned above described clause 4.3.1 as “completely incongruous with reality,” noting that it appears to prohibit library names including “intellij-rust, rust-rocksdb, Steven Fackler’s openssl-rust and rust-postgres, rust-libp2p, Stepan Koltsov’s rust-protobuf, and probably dozens of other serious and well-respected projects.” The “RS” abbreviation can be used instead.” Clause 4.3.1 states that “Using the Marks in the name of a tool for use in the Rust toolchain, a software program written in the Rust language, or a software program compatible with Rust software, will most likely require a license. Marks are defined as the “Word Marks” Rust, Cargo and Clippy, the Rust logo, and the “unique styling of our website and packaging.” The word Clippy references the Rust linting tool, not to be confused with Microsoft’s Office assistant. The draft policy and FAQ has been posted here. A working group completed a draft, and the February 2023 board meeting minutes note that: “The board reviewed the current final draft of the trademark policy and considered it broadly acceptable,” though one clause stating that use of the Marks for a software program written in the Rust language was an infringement “seemed unintentionally strict,” and clarification was to be sought from legal counsel. The Foundation has been working on a revised trademark policy for some time, starting with a Trademark Policy Review Survey in August 2022.
It will hurt the good will of the community and the growth of the Rust language.” “I fail to see how the majority of these rules do anything other than place restrictions on normal community activity,” said one developer on Reddit, while on Twitter a comment to the Foundation was “really hope the foundation listens to the community and dumps this shocker of a policy.
The use of a Google form means that comments are not publicly visible, but Rust developers have used other channels such as Twitter, Reddit and the Rust forum on Discord to express their concerns.
On April 7 th the Foundation posted the draft of the new policy and invited comments via a Google form, giving a deadline of April 16 th.
Updated: A proposed new trademark policy drafted by the Rust Foundation, which owns the Rust and Cargo trademarks, is going down badly with the wider Rust community, thanks to restrictions including forbidding the use of Rust in the name of a tool for Rust or software written in Rust, or in parts of a domain name or subdomain.
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