> - is there no exception for research (i.e. science) use, as long as explicitly labeled at such
It's fine, researchers won't be harmed by having to find a cheesy name for their rust-based project. Actuality they probably don't even need a trademark policy for doing this.
You need a name for your project when writing papers anyway.
The word “Rust” is all over the code repo, you’d need to do a massive change and you’ll lose the ability to merge upstream changes. “Rename the repo if you’re doing something meaningfully new with no intent to merge it upstream” is fine, but it’s not enough to avoid saying “Rust” in the version you distribute.
It's fine, researchers won't be harmed by having to find a cheesy name for their rust-based project. Actuality they probably don't even need a trademark policy for doing this.
You need a name for your project when writing papers anyway.