[FFmpeg-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Repeat vote: GA voters list updates

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le tiistaina 14. marraskuuta 2023, 20.44.18 EET Nicolas George a écrit :
> Nothing prevents their boss from telling them how to vote, even if the
> ballots are secret.

Ultimately, nothing prevents their boss from literally telling them how to 
vote. But obviously unless the boss is actively monitoring their screen whilst 
they vote, they won't know what they voted for. That's a huge difference from 
public ballot.

And the literal boss is just the "extreme" case. But if ballots are public, 
some people will naturally be inclined to vote for those that they want to 
cure favour from, rather than whom they think is best fit for the role.

Like for example, people could give votes to associates of the leading 
contracting company of FFmpeg at the given time in hope of looking good to get 
subcontracted later. Or all legal VideoLAN members feeling morally obliged to 
vote for other VideoLAN members (and they are quite of us in the FFmpeg GA).

I know you would be the last to do that sort of thing, but you are not the 
only voter.

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