From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ACA647DE2 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:27:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AA2C68CB31; Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:27:09 +0300 (EEST) Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (relay4-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.196]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7409F68C9F8 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:27:02 +0300 (EEST) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C78E1E0009 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:27:00 +0200 From: Michael Niedermayer To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Message-ID: <20231027122700.GQ3543730@pb2> References: <20231026154523.GI3543730@pb2> <5713b1ce-6286-eb62-9567-9880a94c1dbf@mail.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5713b1ce-6286-eb62-9567-9880a94c1dbf@mail.de> X-GND-Sasl: michael@niedermayer.cc Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] financial sustainability Plan A (SPI) X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3986964174609831488==" Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: --===============3986964174609831488== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SbvuLdP2lNlmBeIW" Content-Disposition: inline --SbvuLdP2lNlmBeIW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 01:10:15PM +0200, Thilo Borgmann via ffmpeg-devel w= rote: > Hi, >=20 > Am 27.10.23 um 12:43 schrieb R=E9mi Denis-Courmont: > >=20 > >=20 > > Le 26 octobre 2023 18:45:23 GMT+03:00, Michael Niedermayer a =E9crit=A0: > > > This is financial sustainability Plan A (SPI) > > > ATM SPI has like 150k $, we do not activly seek donations, we do not = currently > > > use SPI money to fund any development. SPI money is ultimately contro= lled by > > > the FFmpeg community and everything is transparent and public. > >=20 > > > 1. We should fund some FFmpeg development with SPI-FFmpeg money > >=20 > > Why should it be via SPI? What's the benefit of that hypothetical futur= e additional funding going via SPI, as opposed to: >=20 > obviously transparency and community control. None of which is given by t= he > options you list. SPI is also tax exempt, so depending on the exact financial details of everything, the cost for the company donating might be lower in relation to how much money ends with the developer after all taxes >=20 > > - via FFlabs or any other reputable OSS multimedia consulting company, > > - a consortium of large companies, or > > - directly to a salaried or freelance developer. >=20 > Also, it is not that these shall cease to be done. Using SPI money is one > more option. yes, exactly! thx [...] --=20 Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. -- Plutarch --SbvuLdP2lNlmBeIW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABEIAB0WIQSf8hKLFH72cwut8TNhHseHBAsPqwUCZTuslAAKCRBhHseHBAsP q260AJ9Vl6DQzDR4BS6C3wYSc4ra0k5dJgCdHJ1u96YzGrj0obwx7Wt+XMs7WXk= =Ibt9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SbvuLdP2lNlmBeIW-- --===============3986964174609831488== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". --===============3986964174609831488==--