From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1819C4BAAF for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E3868C13B; Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:36:51 +0200 (EET) Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.40]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9517D68BF02 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:36:45 +0200 (EET) X-ENS-nef-client: 129.199.129.80 ( name = phare.normalesup.org ) Received: from phare.normalesup.org (phare.normalesup.org [129.199.129.80]) by nef.ens.fr (8.14.4/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id 50VEaiLo028516 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:45 +0100 Received: by phare.normalesup.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BC19F2EFE3; Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:44 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:44 +0100 From: Nicolas George To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Message-ID: References: <20250129203321.GB4991@pb2> <20250130004313.GB17613@haasn.xyz> <20250130180458.GC4991@pb2> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250130180458.GC4991@pb2> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]); Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:45 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2 X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: 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 _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".