Hello Michael, Thanks for the feedback and clarification. That makes perfect sense.
I'll update the disclaimer to reflect that I'm not affiliated and will point any potential sponsorship funds toward the official ffmpeg.org donation path instead of a non-existent foundation. Best regards, Ludovic On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM Michael Niedermayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ludovic > > If you want to create some FFmpeg-adjacent game. I think its > a nice idea. > > That said, I think there are two points that should be clarified. > > First, I cannot grant any permissions beyond what you already have. > That said, i dont think you need any. > > Second, there is no "FFmpeg Foundation" as far as I know. If you want to > direct donations or sponsorship money toward FFmpeg, the appropriate place > to look at is FFmpeg’s SPI arrangement and the donation information on > ffmpeg.org. > > So from my point of view, if you use a clear and prominent disclaimer such > as > "FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard. ffmpuzzle is not affiliated > with or endorsed by the FFmpeg project.", > that sounds much more sensible than implying approval from ffmpeg-devel. > > If your intention is to support FFmpeg financially in the future, then > pointing > users to the official FFmpeg donation page / SPI path would likely be the > cleanest way to do that. > > Best regards > Michael > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 04:33:54PM +0100, Streaming Radar par Ludovic > Bostral via ffmpeg-devel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My name is Ludovic Bostral, I run streaming-radar.com (streaming > market > > intelligence for the OTT industry). > > > > I'm building ffmpuzzle.com — a free, daily Wordle-style puzzle game > where > > players guess FFmpeg encoding parameters > > (codec, CRF, container, etc.) based on a real-world scenario. It > targets > > video engineers, streaming professionals, and FFmpeg enthusiasts. > > > > The game does not use, distribute, or modify any FFmpeg software. It > only > > references FFmpeg command syntax and parameter names for educational and > > entertainment purposes. > > > > I'm reaching out to ask for informal permission to use the name > "ffmpuzzle" > > and to reference FFmpeg terminology on the site. A clear trademark > > disclaimer ("FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard. ffmpuzzle is not > > affiliated with or endorsed by the FFmpeg project.") will be displayed on > > every page. > > > > > > A few things that might interest the community: > > > > - Every puzzle is based on a real-world encoding scenario > > > > - Players can contest parameters they think are wrong (we take accuracy > > seriously) > > > > - Players can propose their own scenarios > > > > - If we ever monetize (puzzle sponsoring), we plan to donate 80% to the > > FFmpeg Foundation > > > > Happy to adjust anything based on your feedback. And if you'd be open > to > > sharing it with the community, that would mean a lot. > > > > > > Best, > > Ludovic Bostral > > https://www.bostral.com — https://www.streaming-radar.com > > _______________________________________________ > > ffmpeg-devel mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > -- > Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB > > It is what and why we do it that matters, not just one of them. > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
