[FFmpeg-devel] Sovereign Tech Fund

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Kieran

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 08:42:00PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2024, 20:37 Kieran Kunhya, <kierank at obe.tv> wrote:
> 
> > Both work fine really. For example iam not employed by FFlabs and the work
> >> i did for them is just by sending invoices, while what i do qualifies
> >> maintenance probably close to 100%.
> >>
> >
> > Fflabs is a private company that can choose however it likes how to
> > distribute its funds. STF/SPI/FFmpeg are not the same.
> >
> > Would you like every invoice you make to be on this mailing list and
> > discussed in depth in public? And if that invoice was voted against by the
> > GA what would you do?
> >
> > Kieran
> >
> 
> Remember the outcry about SDR that literally drove people away from the
> project? Well imagine that for one of your invoices.

Do you mean it would drive them away because of how much or how little i work for ?
Or becuase of what i work for ?

I do somewhere have an invoice from a porn related company i should search for that
and post it :)
but iam not sure i can without that company agreeing too.

BUT let me try to return to the topic even if its more fun not to.

We have an opertunity here to have some FFmpeg work payed by STF/SPI
and we should try to use this oppertunity to pay some FFmpeg developers.
Iam sure neither STF nor SPI will mind if we reject all the money. But I
dont think thats a very wise choice, so lets rather work towards making
a list of projects, agreeing to them and submitting an application to STF
before the deadline feb ~ 12th

thx

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