[FFmpeg-devel] Re: [POLL][VOTE] Sponsors & Funding

[Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

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Hi all

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 02:55:16PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> As suggested in the thread with similar subject, here is the vote.
> Please reply with a "Yes" or "No" to cast your vote.
> Vote ends in 7 days. All members of the GA can vote
> 
> 
> "Yes"
>  - The FFmpeg project should actively seek sponsors and funding.
>  - The money will be used for FFmpeg and the FFmpeg community. (Maintenance, Development, Infra, Testing, Travel, Research, ...)
>  - The money would also be used to hire / employ / contract FFmpeg Contributors fulltime or whatever the preferrance of each Contributor is.
>  - Work / employment shall be preferrentially be given to FFmpeg Developers / FFmpeg community members.
>     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.
>     * to accelerate growth and improve quality
>  - A fair selection process shall be used by the FFmpeg Community to select what the money is used for, which maximizes FFmpegs future.
>  - The FFmpeg community will be the decission maker about these funds.
>  - The FFmpeg community will, at any time be able to change the process of how these decission are made by public consensus.
>  - In absence of privacy concerns, decissions will be made by public consensus amongth the commuity, or if that fails,
>    public vote of the GA members requireing a 2/3 majority to release funds for some use.
>  - For cases with privacy concerns, decissions will be made by consensus or (2/3 maj) vote amongth the General Assembly.
>  - We will use SPI to collect the funds.
>  - If significant limitations or obstacles occur with SPI then we will consider founding our own FFmpeg foundation.
> 
> "No"
>  - leave things as they are
> 
> 
> Some Notes:
>     Employing people is complex as it requires compliance to local regulations.
>     Thus it should be expected that for employing developers, we will likely
>     need to work together with local companies. That is if we want to
>     employ someone in Country X we could partner with a company in Country X
>     which then employs the developer and SPI would pay that company.

The number of people voting was a bit disappointing but
the result is an unanimous "Yes"

thx

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