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boundary="XcmEtP/sSJDn4lGT" Content-Disposition: inline --XcmEtP/sSJDn4lGT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kieran On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 07:51:45PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wr= ote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:56=E2=80=AFPM Sara Tazari via ffmpeg-devel > wrote: > > > > Hi FFmpeg maintainers, > > > > I=E2=80=99m Sara, a member of the open source team at Spotify, along wi= th Dave > > Zolotusky, Principal Engineer. In 2022, we started the 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 emplo= yees > > and selected by an internal committee. > > > > We=E2=80=99re 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 Eu= ros > > to put towards maintaining and continuing the success of FFmpeg. We wil= l be > > announcing the winners on our public Spotify channels by the end of Jan= uary > > 2026. For the purposes of our announcement, could you provide responses= to > > any of the following questions: >=20 > Hello, >=20 > Thank you for your donation! > Here are my comments (which hopefully are a fair reflection of the > opinion of the community) >=20 > > What is the vision for the project? >=20 > 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. >=20 > > How will these funds go toward supporting the future of the project? >=20 > FFmpeg is written almost entirely by volunteers and so funding is importa= nt. > Funding will be used for: >=20 > Hardware purchases > Travel to conferences > Funding development projects >=20 > > 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 mone= y, does > > exposure from the fund provide value, as well? >=20 > Many FOSS projects like FFmpeg are developed by volunteers and so > funding helps pay for day-to-day expenses. >=20 > 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. >=20 > > What are other ways you think the community and/or companies can bet= ter > > support open source? >=20 > 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 [...] --=20 Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB There will always be a question for which you do not know the correct answe= r. --XcmEtP/sSJDn4lGT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABEKAB0WIQSf8hKLFH72cwut8TNhHseHBAsPqwUCaVMc+AAKCRBhHseHBAsP q0bgAJ9OI/V1Us1OnVgQddIkdQgNEJYdGACfQwueCC417NckkMIvadGmDOCnFcM= =8ijD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XcmEtP/sSJDn4lGT-- --===============6573255255487007268== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list -- ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org To unsubscribe send an email to ffmpeg-devel-leave@ffmpeg.org --===============6573255255487007268==--