Hi Kieran

On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 10:02:22AM +0100, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sept 2025, 09:19 Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel, <
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> 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.
> >
> 
> What work though?

> Who decides this?

The FFmpeg Community, and the General Assembly. I think thats the only
option we have.


> Would sponsors really want their funds
> going on SDR or game codecs.

Lets discuss this in this little subthread, because why not

Had my SDR patch been applied, what would have been different ?
1. a few kilobytes of optional source code that affects noone
   because its disabled by default
2. I would have had 3 months more time to work on FFmpeg, which i spend
   arguing over SDR and subsequently spending also less time on FFmpeg
3. Maybe Paul or Anton would still be in FFmpeg
4. I would not have to go over the whole SDR code again and maintain it
   as a plugin (which will take more time away from FFmpeg)

So what did it achieve to block SDR in main ffmpeg git ? please tell me

And why would a company have the same preferrance ? IMO any
good manager will want their employee to be happy and efficiently working.
Not pissing them off, so in fact i expect support in favor
of SDR by many companies.
Not because they care about SDR, but because they care about me working on
the FFmpeg code and SDR has no cost to them.

thx

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