* [FFmpeg-devel] Re: FFmpeg has been selected for the 2025 Spotify FOSS
2025-12-28 19:51 ` [FFmpeg-devel] " Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
@ 2025-12-28 20:57 ` Timo Rothenpieler via ffmpeg-devel
2025-12-30 0:29 ` Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel
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From: Timo Rothenpieler via ffmpeg-devel @ 2025-12-28 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ffmpeg-devel; +Cc: Timo Rothenpieler
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On 28.12.2025 20:51, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM Sara Tazari via ffmpeg-devel
> <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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:
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your donation!
> Here are my comments (which hopefully are a fair reflection of the
> opinion of the community)
>
>> What is the vision for the project?
>
> FFmpeg aims to play every multimedia file ever made. As a result of
> this goal it is used widely, from both hobbyists encoding their
> personal videos to some of the largest streaming services like
> Youtube, Netflix, X, Spotify etc.
>
>> How will these funds go toward supporting the future of the project?
>
> FFmpeg is written almost entirely by volunteers and so funding is important.
> Funding will be used for:
>
> Hardware purchases
> Travel to conferences
> Funding development projects
>
>> 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?
>
> Many FOSS projects like FFmpeg are developed by volunteers and so
> funding helps pay for day-to-day expenses.
>
> FFmpeg has received donations from well known names like Spotify,
> Bloomberg and Zerodha and their association helps increase awareness
> of the importance of FFmpeg. It also provides value to these companies
> as it shows they care about the wider open source projects they rely
> upon in their businesses.
>
>> What are other ways you think the community and/or companies can better
>> support open source?
>
> While we are extremely thankful for the donation from Spotify, there
> continues to be sustainability challenges in open source projects,
> especially with long-term and reliable funding to pay for full-time
> developers. We hope companies can provide dedicated developers and/or
> repeatable funding to pay for this.
>
> Regards,
> Kieran Kunhya
Fully agree with all of these.
Would maybe explicitly add Hosting Cost to the list, since Hardware
isn't commonly just ran from someones home.
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* [FFmpeg-devel] Re: FFmpeg has been selected for the 2025 Spotify FOSS
2025-12-28 19:51 ` [FFmpeg-devel] " Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-12-28 20:57 ` Timo Rothenpieler via ffmpeg-devel
@ 2025-12-30 0:29 ` Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel
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From: Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel @ 2025-12-30 0:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches; +Cc: Michael Niedermayer
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Hi Kieran
On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 07:51:45PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM Sara Tazari via ffmpeg-devel
> <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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:
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your donation!
> Here are my comments (which hopefully are a fair reflection of the
> opinion of the community)
>
> > What is the vision for the project?
>
> FFmpeg aims to play every multimedia file ever made. As a result of
> this goal it is used widely, from both hobbyists encoding their
> personal videos to some of the largest streaming services like
> Youtube, Netflix, X, Spotify etc.
>
> > How will these funds go toward supporting the future of the project?
>
> FFmpeg is written almost entirely by volunteers and so funding is important.
> Funding will be used for:
>
> Hardware purchases
> Travel to conferences
> Funding development projects
>
> > 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?
>
> Many FOSS projects like FFmpeg are developed by volunteers and so
> funding helps pay for day-to-day expenses.
>
> FFmpeg has received donations from well known names like Spotify,
> Bloomberg and Zerodha and their association helps increase awareness
> of the importance of FFmpeg. It also provides value to these companies
> as it shows they care about the wider open source projects they rely
> upon in their businesses.
>
> > What are other ways you think the community and/or companies can better
> > support open source?
>
> While we are extremely thankful for the donation from Spotify, there
> continues to be sustainability challenges in open source projects,
> especially with long-term and reliable funding to pay for full-time
> developers. We hope companies can provide dedicated developers and/or
> repeatable funding to pay for this.
well written, better than my draft
thx
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