Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2

From: Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:44 +0100
Message-ID: <Z5zf_E8vSTo4zXP9@phare.normalesup.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250130180458.GC4991@pb2>

Michael Niedermayer (12025-01-30):
> If instead of a hypothetical case, you use real cases
> like for example any successfull company (not just on the stock market
> but that too)

If we compare ffmpeg to a company (a dangerous comparison, as the goals
of FFmpeg are quite different, but let us roll with it, and it is ma
much better comparison than with a country), we should compare it to a
small one, not a large one.

And in a small company, as far as I know, employees do not usually get a
say in the direction automatically. The founder keeps all the power,
until they cede it to a successor.

Small companies and small Libre Software projects are too vulnerable to
a takeover by a small number of greedy people who care about what they
can gain from it more than the well-being of the company/project.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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