There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
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What movement towards legislation?
I am guessing they are talking about SBoM (Software Bill of Materials) type things.
But overall (as a mostly non-programmer), I am not convinced either. The warplanes analogy makes no sense to me. As far as I can see, Rust is more like seatbelts in a car.