> actively looking to subvert software freedom

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by apathy. We have, unfortunately, reached a point where most people writing new software default to permissive and don't sufficiently care about copyleft. I wish we hadn't, but we have. This is not unique to Rust.

Ironically, we're better off when existing projects migrate to Rust, because they'll keep their licenses, while rewrites do what most new software does, and default to permissive.

Personally, I'm happy every time I see a new crate using the GPL.

> GPL-hostile

Rust is not GPL-hostile. LLVM was the available tool that spawned a renaissance of new languages; GCC wasn't. The compiler uses a permissive license; I personally wish it were GPL, but it isn't. But there's nothing at all wrong with writing GPLed software in Rust, and people do.

> having a Microsoft dependency through Github registration is aggravating

This one bugs a lot of us, and it is being worked on.