[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg governance and accusations

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024, 13:14 Michael Niedermayer, <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> In case most people want democratication and its actually an important
> thing
> for them. Then sure we will make it happen eventually.
> This is a non trivial problem though but i had a surprising "revelation"
> yesterday how this could be structured, but i really need to think more
> about it
>

tl;dr: Democracy only happens on your terms and in your potentially
infinite timescale.

To reuse Anton's words this is true "tin-pot dictator" behaviour.

Do people realize that making me look bad, is not helping FFmpeg, especially
> given that i quite plausibly will still be an important person in FFmpeg
> in 10 or 20 years.
> Even with democratication, for example i could retain a veto right or be
> still in charge of some critical parts.
>

You're doing a great job of making yourself look bad entirely by yourself,
don't worry about that.

At least the mask is off now and you are honest about the fact you're
holding the project to ransom. I'm glad some change happened in 2024.

Looking forward to how many people you can directly cause to leave (Derek,
Anton, James, Paul) in 2025!

Regards,
Kieran