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Is there any way to financially support the project? I have only been able to find a couple of Patreon pages of people working on specific libraries I haven't b

by kspp 7y ago

Is there any way to financially support the project? I have only been able to find a couple of Patreon pages of people working on specific libraries I haven't been using personally.

simias 7y ago
The project is sponsored by Mozilla so I guess the best way to support it is to use Firefox...
- _han 7y ago
  Here's Mozilla's donation page: https://donate.mozilla.org https://donate.mozilla.org
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - mrec 7y ago
    Note that donations go to Foundation rather than Corp though. It's not clear how much - if anything - goes to dev projects like Rust.
    - lightgreen 7y ago
      Mozilla Corporation is fully owned by Mozilla Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation Corporation is separated from Foundation for legal and tax reasons, otherwise, it is the same org. (But employees of Mozilla get their salary, and it's not possible to give money directly to Mozilla Rust developers.)
      - mrec 7y ago
        Yes I know, but I thought Foundation does a lot of less-techie things outside of Corp?
steveklabnik 7y ago
It is currently not possible to donate directly to Rust development. Those Patreons are the closest thing.
GolDDranks 7y ago
I don’t think there exists a way to support the Rust project directly, but there are some indirect ways: supporting Mozilla, that employs many of the core develioers is one. Another one, announced just this week, is to support the Rust Analyzer, which is a project to create a next-level IDE-compatible Rust compiler: https://opencollective.com/rust-analyzer/expenses/new https://opencollective.com/rust-analyzer/expenses/new
- xvilka 7y ago
  Agree on supporting Rust Analyzer. The project recently published an update[1] on the status and future plans. [1] https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/rust-analyzer-status-opencollective/ https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/rust-analyzer-status-openco...
kibwen 7y ago
If anyone's particularly wealthy, they could personally sponsor a contract developer to spend time working on a desired feature. There's plenty of work to be done that's limited by the amount of labor available.

by kspp 7y ago

Is there any way to financially support the project? I have only been able to find a couple of Patreon pages of people working on specific libraries I haven't been using personally.

simias 7y ago

The project is sponsored by Mozilla so I guess the best way to support it is to use Firefox...

_han 7y ago
Here's Mozilla's donation page: https://donate.mozilla.org https://donate.mozilla.org
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- mrec 7y ago
  Note that donations go to Foundation rather than Corp though. It's not clear how much - if anything - goes to dev projects like Rust.
  - lightgreen 7y ago
    Mozilla Corporation is fully owned by Mozilla Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation Corporation is separated from Foundation for legal and tax reasons, otherwise, it is the same org. (But employees of Mozilla get their salary, and it's not possible to give money directly to Mozilla Rust developers.)
    - mrec 7y ago
      Yes I know, but I thought Foundation does a lot of less-techie things outside of Corp?

steveklabnik 7y ago

It is currently not possible to donate directly to Rust development. Those Patreons are the closest thing.

GolDDranks 7y ago

I don’t think there exists a way to support the Rust project directly, but there are some indirect ways: supporting Mozilla, that employs many of the core develioers is one. Another one, announced just this week, is to support the Rust Analyzer, which is a project to create a next-level IDE-compatible Rust compiler: https://opencollective.com/rust-analyzer/expenses/new https://opencollective.com/rust-analyzer/expenses/new

xvilka 7y ago
Agree on supporting Rust Analyzer. The project recently published an update[1] on the status and future plans. [1] https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/rust-analyzer-status-opencollective/ https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/rust-analyzer-status-openco...

kibwen 7y ago

If anyone's particularly wealthy, they could personally sponsor a contract developer to spend time working on a desired feature. There's plenty of work to be done that's limited by the amount of labor available.