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Mozilla pays salary to the core team members, who approve/decline pull requests, vote on RFCs. So far there haven't been any reasons for concern, and Mozilla is
by nullifidian 6y ago
Mozilla pays salary to the core team members, who approve/decline pull requests, vote on RFCs. So far there haven't been any reasons for concern, and Mozilla is more of a dying husk without too many interests to affect rust's development, but the situation could be improved with more neutrality/independence.
- parley 6y agoThat is actively ongoing work: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/08/18/laying-the-foundation-for-rusts-future.html https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/08/18/laying-the-foundation-...
- steveklabnik 6y agoMozilla used to pay a salary to a handful of the 200+ folks who make these decisions. And since we operate on consensus, every member of the team must agree. So it’s never been possible for one company to completely control things. This is by design.