"this work will build on lessons from earlier iterations of our grants and fellowships to create a lasting framework for supporting Rust's maintainers."
"The number of people who have left the Rust project due to burnout is shockingly high,"
"Any open source project - especially one as widely used as Rust - cannot evolve, remain secure, or function at the most basic level without supporting its maintainers."
"provide visibility into how funding is used to advance Rust."
The Rust Foundation has launched a Maintainers Fund to support developers who sustain the Rust programming language. The fund aims to address open-source sustainability and reduce maintainer burnout by providing financial support and greater visibility into how funds are used. The Foundation plans to build on lessons from earlier grants and fellowships to create a lasting support framework. Key operational details such as total fund size, award amounts, eligibility criteria, funding sources, and timelines have not been disclosed. Maintainers continue to perform labor-intensive tasks like pull request reviews, upgrades, and refactorings, with many contributors facing high burnout and departures.
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