<story><title>Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust</title><url>https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/829858/281103f9c6fd0dc2/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jasonhansel</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m concerned about the gradual move from GCC to LLVM. The lack of copyleft protections on LLVM means that it&amp;#x27;s much more dependent on corporate sponsorship, and means that there&amp;#x27;s a risk that major improvements to LLVM compilers will only become available as proprietary products.&lt;p&gt;People underestimate the role of copyleft licenses in preserving long-running FOSS products like GCC, Linux, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust</title><url>https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/829858/281103f9c6fd0dc2/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cbmuser</author><text>If we get the Rust backend for gcc finalized and merged first, it would be much easier to get Rust code into the kernel:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;philberty&amp;#x2F;gccrs&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;philberty&amp;#x2F;gccrs&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>