On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 8:02 PM Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 07:21:03PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > Hi ronald > > > > On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 12:43:15PM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > > > Hi Thilo, > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:31 AM Thilo Borgmann via ffmpeg-devel < > > > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote: > > > > > > > What this is about, is to set up a way to properly spend the SPI > money > > > > aside > > > > from travel & hw. Why we should not do it because some companies > > > > beurocracy, I > > > > cannot see. > > > > > > > > > > I sincerely don't think the above description is what Kieran meant > when he > > > talked about sustainability at Demuxed, which this thread seems to be a > > > response to. > > > > a quick reply here. I have not watched kierans presentation from demuxed > yet. > > So theres absolutly no chance anything i wrote till now can be a respone > to > > it. > > some more words about what the intend of this plan was, again not a respone > to any presentation of anyone else > > Donations from people vs companies: both really. > > Peoples donations would only matter if we can increase awareness of people > using FFmpeg. We have over a billion users but they dont know it. > if each user gives us 1cent per year our sustainability is solved. > So driving awareness alone would solve this already, even if only 0.1% > of users would donate 10$ per year that would do. > > companies? > will any company donate 500k$ per year into SPI? Most companies will be > very hesitatnt before seeing us using funds effectively from SPI. > Thats why we need to show this > And yes many companies will prefer doing it over a company > But some will favor a donation to 501(3) where everything is transparent. > > I cannot understand the hostility that kieran has towards this plan. > And i find his toxicity towards it very troubbling > The only toxic problem is you. Please leave. > > thx > > [...] > > -- > Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB > > The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have > stopped > leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or > concluded > you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. - Colin Powell > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".