Hi Everyone

The subject of funding and sponsors came up a few times recently.

I think FFmpeg needs a clear guideline on this matter. To avoid
confusion, to avoid disagreements and to ensure community members
can point potential sponsors in an aggreed direction without hesitation.

My suggestion would be:
 - The FFmpeg project should actively seek sponsors and funding.
 - The money would be used for FFmpeg (Maintenance, Development, Infra, Testing, Travel, Research, ...)
 - A fair selection process shall be used by the FFmpeg Community to select what the money is used for, which maximizes FFmpegs future.
 - The money would also be used to hire / employ FFmpeg Developers fulltime or whatever the preferrance of each Developer 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

suggestions ?

should we vote on this and then add it to web or docs ?

thx
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