[FFmpeg-devel] Fwd: Your message to ffmpeg-devel awaits moderator approval

[James Almer]

On 12/27/2024 9:58 PM, Vittorio Giovara wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Anton
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 06:24:40AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>>> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-12-23 21:37:32)
>>>> If i stand by and do nothing, THAT would be abusing of my power
>>>
>>> Behold, the favorite excuse of every tin-pot dictator ever.
>>>
>>> So boiling down your verbal vomit, I get
>>>
>>>      Yes, your democracy IS just pretend and I - the person who
>>>
>>>      * tries very very hard to avoid as much human contact as possible
>>>      * oversaw one of the most toxic FOSS communities for close
>>>        to 25 years
>>>      * through heavy-handed authoritarianism directly caused one of the
>>>        most notorious forks in FOSS history
>>>
>>>      really do know better than everyone else how to run a community.
>>>
>>>
>>> To that I say:
>>> * you are delusional, as you are the source or enabler of all the
>>>    toxicity
>>> * Libav had NONE of these problems (not saying it was perfect - it did
>>>    have other problems, but not these)
>>> * there is no hope for this project as long as you continue to hold the
>>>    reins and I've wasted enough of my life on it.
>>
>> If the democracy is just pretend, then above all, you certainly will
>> agree that my SDR code would have been pushed to git master.
>> It was not.
>>
> 
> OH MY GOD, you are not bringing this up again! Ever heard of the expression
> "the exception that proves the rule"? Think how much community outlash it
> received and how much effort it took from EVERYONE to prevent you from
> doing something NOBODY wanted.
> 
> You should really drop the "it's totally a democracy, except I can do what
> I like" stance you have. Repeat after me
> 
> 👏it's👏not👏a👏democracy👏if👏I👏can👏be👏judge👏jury👏and👏executioner👏
> 
> You are not him, and never will be.

Vittorio, this is not ok at all. I don't even know who "him" is, but the 
second half of this email is out of the line.

Please tone it down, or we will have to take action.

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