On Tue, 9 Sept 2025, 09:19 Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel, <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> The subject of funding and sponsors came up a few times recently.
>
> I think FFmpeg needs a clear guideline on this matter. To avoid
> confusion, to avoid disagreements and to ensure community members
> can point potential sponsors in an aggreed direction without hesitation.
>
I don't disagree ffmpeg needs funding.
My suggestion would be:
> - The FFmpeg project should actively seek sponsors and funding.
> - The money would be used for FFmpeg (Maintenance, Development, Infra,
> Testing, Travel, Research, ...)
> - A fair selection process shall be used by the FFmpeg Community to
> select what the money is used for, which maximizes FFmpegs future.
> - The money would also be used to hire / employ FFmpeg Developers
> fulltime or whatever the preferrance of each Developer is.
> - Work / employment shall be preferrentially be given to FFmpeg
> Developers / FFmpeg community members.
>
What work though? Who decides this? Would sponsors really want their funds
going on SDR or game codecs.
This preferrance for "FFmpeg Developers / FFmpeg community members"
> shall be the only preferrance.
> Outside that preferrance, a fair selection process shall be used by
> the General Assembly which
> only maximizes FFmpegs future.
> - Goals are
> * to provide secure full time employment for every major FFmpeg
> contributor, who wants to have that.
>
A goal without a practical way of getting there. Big companies want their
name associated with a project without insanity (paranoid conspiracy
theories largely coming from one person about people in the project, other
companies, the CIA etc).
Kieran
Kieran
>
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