Not a lawyer nor a rust dev. But looking at the reaction on twitter and youtube, this policy doesn't seem well received and most people seems to echo your senti

Not a lawyer nor a rust dev. But looking at the reaction on twitter and youtube, this policy doesn't seem well received and most people seems to echo your sentiment. I think most of us understand the need to bring some consistency to echo system which might help both new comers and industry adoptions. It seems that this both poorly worded and more importantly decided (as in drafted) without really consulting the community. I am surprise i am not seeing more comment about this seeing as anything rust is usually a big news on HN.