Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Cherry picks vs merges

[Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>]

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Hi all

On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 11:31:49PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi James
> 
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 05:01:09PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> > On 6/1/2025 4:23 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > Hi James
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 02:27:37PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> > > > On 6/1/2025 12:22 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
[...]
> > > That said, with open source and free software it is the morally correct
> > > thing, if one makes changes to code, to return these changes to the parent
> > > project under the same license as the parent project.
> > > This is morally the ONLY correct thing one can do.
> > > 
> > > The technicality is that one can change the LGPL to a GPL or AGPL.
> > > The purpose of this is allowing to combine LGPL with GPL or AGPL
> > > NOT to fork a project and prevent the parent project and its users
> > > from having access to the modifications.
> > > 
> > > You can listen to some interviews by linus torvalds if you think
> > > my point here is crazy.
> > > I will reply to the rest of your mail seperately to keep this from becoming
> > > too long
> > > 
> > > But one thing id like to mention here, your accusation escalates this
> > > in a way that could reduce the chance of paul returning. And
> > > I tried my best and i talked (emailed) with paul in the last days.
> > > You knew i was working on this and i would have appreciated a private
> > > message over a public accusation
> > 
> > Paul showed up on IRC a week or so ago and said you did not email him. If
> > that changed in the last couple days, why didn't you or him mention it?
> 
> The dates & subject of the mails i sent to paul:
> 80754  sF 0527  0:26 To Paul B Mahol (1,4K) Collaboration and Contributions to FFmpeg
> 80755  sF 0527  1:42 To Paul B Mahol (1,8K) Re: Collaboration and Contributions to FFmpeg
> 80757  sF 0527 14:05 To Paul B Mahol (2,6K) Re: Collaboration and Contributions to FFmpeg
> 80759  sF 0527 15:30 To Paul B Mahol (6,2K) Re: Collaboration and Contributions to FFmpeg
> 80780  sF 0529 22:15 To Paul B Mahol (2,5K) Re: Collaboration and Contributions to FFmpeg
> 
> I also received replies from him between these
> 
> He was pissed that he was not considered / contacted by fflabs. I showed him a small
> part of a private mail that i sent to jb in 2016. Where paul was #2 of the people
> i recommanded for FFlabs.
> 
> My last mail (only the part i wrote) (and this mail remains unawnsered as of today):

Pauls awnsers are inline below:


> 
> I cannot read your mind, if there is something that you want,
> you have to tell me, what you want.
> 
> One thing i can propose, is that you could become libavfilter subsystem
> maintainer. This would give you authority in libavfilter.

"Not interested in such pathetic position."


> 
> About FFlabs, if you want to join FFlabs, you have to say so.
> What i can say is, that i will support that and i expect that this
> request would be successfull.

"Sadly that ship has sailed."


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Modern terrorism, a quick summary: Need oil, start war with country that
has oil, kill hundread thousand in war. Let country fall into chaos,
be surprised about raise of fundamantalists. Drop more bombs, kill more
people, be surprised about them taking revenge and drop even more bombs
and strip your own citizens of their rights and freedoms. to be continued

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