[FFmpeg-devel] What is FFmpeg and what should it be

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2023, at 14:39, Nicolas George wrote:
>> livelihood, and millions for their computer use" in response to NG's argument 
>> that FFmpeg should be turned into a fun experimental research project, and 
>> that people who wanted to keep FFmpeg what he calls a "serious open-source 
>> trademark" should just fork.
>
> Not “turned into”, but restored. FFmpeg *was* a fun experimental
> research project, and it was the reason it became so great: developers
> then could try things that were not tried elsewhere, they were free to
> take risks, to make mistakes and fix them.
>
> And the, during the second half of 2000s decade, people like you took
> more and more place, people who demanded absolute stability and rejected
> all risks whatsoever.

You mean, like every project that starts small and gets bigger and reaches maturity stage?

> But what you refuse to realize is that it is only an opinion, shared by
> you and a few “people”, backed by zero actual arguments.

The issue here, is that you are in minority about your vision of FFmpeg, as a fun and experimental project.
You screaming louder does not change this reality.

If you disagree, just get a vote from all people who have commit access, and you will see.

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