Allen Wyma talks with Rebecca Rumbul, Executive Director and CEO at Rust Foundation. The Rust Foundation is an independent non-profit organization to steward the Rust programming language and ecosystem, with a unique focus on supporting the set of maintainers that govern and develop the project.

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Timestamps

[@1:00] - Rebecca’s Bio
[@2:36] - The Rust Foundation
[@7:27] - How the Rust Foundation deals with legal work
[@9:26] - How the Rust Foundation helps all contributors
[@12:47] - Scoring matrix to measure the value
[@15:20] - DevX Initiative & Ernest Kissiedu
[@17:14] - Competing in funding projects
[@20:29] - Applying for a membership in The Rust Foundation
[@23:25] - Company membership benefits
[@28:34] - The Rust Foundation can potentially connect people and projects
[@31:08] - Board member Nell Shamrell-Harrington & The Rust Foundation sponsoring
[@35:00] - Rebecca on making tough decisions
[@36:46] - Nell’s weekly newsletter
[@40:20] - What makes a company pay for a Platinum membership?
[@44:21] - Rebecca’s background
[@49:28] - Anything difficult in running The Rust Foundation?
[@51:16] - Future plans for Rust Foundation
[@54:12] - Contacting The Rust Foundation
[@54:48] - Parting words

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Rust Foundation with Rebecca Rumbul

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