Re: [FFmpeg-devel] STF SoWs

From: "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje@gmail.com>
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] STF SoWs
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 10:21:21 -0500
Message-ID: <CAEEMt2=2ZtEMLneV-rJDo4+_7Zw2i4X7OWhFEfab5-mZHdtbPA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240206151457.GX6420@pb2>

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 09:18:20AM -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM Michael Niedermayer <
> michael@niedermayer.cc>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >       2. Deliverables
> > > Patches submitted for review to the FFMPEG dev mailing list.
> > >
> >
> > I think the goal is to get patches merged, not submitted.
>
> Yes but the individual developer cannot gurantee that.
>

In a bad situation, someone could send unmergeable patches and they will
satisfy the legal requirement above for being paid out. I'm suggesting to
protect the project against that situation.

It's the difference between a goal of "a developer getting paid for work
done" or "ffmpeg maintenance being paid for". They are very closely related
but have slightly different finishes.

Ronald
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