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

[Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

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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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