Rust compiler, remarks by Richard Stallman

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For instance, the Rust compiler may be nonfree, because the trademark conditions forbid selling copies or distributing modified versions, unless you fully remove all uses of the trademark . Just what that requires in practice is not clear.

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I am just curious about other's thoughts on the remark.

Also, I wonder whether this technically makes all rustc-compiled code non-free software (in the fsf sense.)

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