Inside Rust: Write "crates.io Policy Update RFC" blog post

Author: Turbo87

posts/inside-rust/2023-09-19-crates-io-usage-policy-rfc.md

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+title: crates.io Policy Update RFC
+author: Tobias Bieniek
+team: the crates.io team <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/crates-io>
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+Around the end of July the crates.io team opened an [RFC](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3463) to update the current crates.io usage policies. This has caused a lot of controversial discussion and most of the suggested improvements have since been integrated into the proposal.
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+At the last team meeting the crates.io team decided to move the RFC forward and start the **final comment period** process.
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+We have been made aware by a couple of community members though that the RFC might not have been visible enough in the Rust community. We hope that this blog post changes that.
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+We invite you all to review the RFC and let us know if there are still any major concerns with these proposed policies.
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+Here is a quick **TL;DR**:
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+- The current policies are quite vague on a couple of topic, the new policies are more explicit.
+- Name squatting is allowed, but only to a certain degree and if you have a good reason for it.
+- The crates.io team will try to contact crate owners before taking any actions.
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+Finally, if you have any comments, please open threads on the [RFC diff](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3463/files) to keep the discussion somewhat structured. Thank you!