Rust Foundation: Demystified

Sage Griffin, the Community Advocate for the Rust Foundation, breaks down the organization's role and impact. The talk covers how the foundation supports the Rust project and community through fundraising, grants, hiring full-time engineers, and providing legal resources. It also touches on the foundation's role as a legal entity for Rust, its governance structure with equal representation from member companies and the Rust project, and its commitment to transparency and integrity. The speaker shares personal experiences from working in open source, highlighting the challenges of funding and corporate interference, and emphasizes the foundation's mission to improve the open-source funding landscape.