[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg has been selected for the 2025 Spotify FOSS

[Sara Tazari via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

Hi FFmpeg maintainers,

I’m Sara, a member of the open source team at Spotify, along with Dave
Zolotusky, Principal Engineer. In 2022, we started the Spotify FOSS Fund
<https://engineering.atspotify.com/2024/11/congratulations-to-the-recipients-of-the-2024-spotify-foss-fund>
as
a way of giving back to the open source community and to provide
maintainers with funds that will allow them to continue the maintenance of
their projects. Recipients were nominated and voted on by Spotify employees
and selected by an internal committee.

We’re excited to let you know that FFmpeg has been selected as a recipient
of the 2025 Spotify FOSS Fund!

We are in the process of providing you, the maintainers, with 30,000 Euros
to put towards maintaining and continuing the success of FFmpeg. We will be
announcing the winners on our public Spotify channels by the end of January
2026. For the purposes of our announcement, could you provide responses to
any of the following questions:


   -

   What is the vision for the project?
   -

   How will these funds go toward supporting the future of the project?
   -

   What kind of impact do you think FOSS funds have on the open source
   ecosystem in general? Is any amount welcome? In addition to the money, does
   exposure from the fund provide value, as well?
   -

   What are other ways you think the community and/or companies can better
   support open source?


Thank you for your work and congratulations!

Best,

Sara
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