[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web: Add spi.txt
Michael Niedermayer
michael at niedermayer.cc
Sun Mar 3 23:08:20 EET 2024
On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 05:36:41PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Tuesday 2024-02-27 20:01:26 +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > This explains how to request refunds and what can be funded by SPI
> >
> > Co-Author: Stefano Sabatini <stefasab at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Makefile | 2 +-
> > src/spi | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > src/spi_js | 0
> > src/spi_title | 1 +
> > src/template_head2 | 1 +
> > 5 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > create mode 100644 src/spi
> > create mode 100644 src/spi_js
> > create mode 100644 src/spi_title
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index 0686e44..dd681e4 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> > # ffmpeg.org HTML generation from source files
> >
> > SRCS = about bugreports consulting contact donations documentation download \
> > - olddownload index legal shame security archive
> > + olddownload index legal shame security spi archive
> >
> > HTML_TARGETS = $(addsuffix .html,$(addprefix htdocs/,$(SRCS)))
> >
> > diff --git a/src/spi b/src/spi
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..8fffc7f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/spi
> > @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
> > +<p>
> > +SPI (Software in the Public Interest) is a non-profit corporation
> > +registered in the state of New York founded to act as a fiscal sponsor
> > +for organizations that develop open source software and hardware. For
> > +details check here:
> > +<a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/">www.spi-inc.org</a>
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<p>
> > +FFmpeg is an SPI associated project and donations can be collected and
> > +handled by SPI on behalf of FFmpeg. For details about the association
> > +check here:
> > +<a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/ffmpeg/">www.spi-inc.org/projects/ffmpeg/</a>
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<br>
> > +
> > +<h4>How to request refunds from SPI:</h4>
> > +<p>
> > +Send a mail to ffmpeg-devel with the [REFUND-REQUEST] tag and a short
> > +description of the refund topic in the subject.
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<p>
> > +In the mail, you also need to provide the amount to be refunded, with
> > +a short description of how the money was spent.
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<p>
> > +There is no need and is not recommeded to send receipts when sending
> > +the refund request on the ffmpeg-devel mailing-list, but they are
> > +usually needed later when the request is approved and the refund
> > +request is sent to SPI:
> > +<a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/reimbursement-form/">www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/reimbursement-form</a>
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<br>
> > +<h4>What can be payed by SPI:</h4>
> > +<p>
>
> > +FFmpeg money collected at SPI can be used for any purpose which is in line with
> > +501(c)3 nonprofit rules, and within our mission (Free & OSS software).
>
> Free & Open Source software?
>
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<p>
> > +In practice we frequently payed for travel and hardware.
> > +For other refund expenses or sponsorships, it is recommended to
>
> > +discuss them beforehand on ffmpeg-devel. If there is a community
> > +agreement on their approval, the current FFmpeg liaison will followup
> > +to get an approval on the SPI side.
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +
> > +<br>
> > +<h4>Funding active development by SPI:</h4>
> > +<p>
> > +The texts below have been taken from multiple replies FFmpeg has
> > +received from SPI, they have been edited
> > +so that "I" was replaced by "SPI" in some cases.)
> > +</p>
> > +<p>
> > +Paying for development *does* require substantial
> > +additional paperwork, but it is not prohibited.
> > +</p>
> > +<p>
> > +Several SPI projects pay contractors for development
> > +efforts. SPI needs a contract in place which describes the work to be
> > +done. There are also various things SPI needs to check about the potential
> > +contractors(e.g. are they a US person or not, as with GSoC mentor payments;
>
> contractors_(
>
> > +are they really a contractor and not a employee).
> > +</p>
> > +<p>
> > +SPI can't deal with employment at the moment because that involves a
> > +lot of work, like health insurance, tax withholding, etc. Contractors
> > +are easier because they have to take care of that themselves; Whether
> > +someone is a contractor vs employee depends on various factors (that
> > +of course are different in every country) and can be disputed (see
> > +e.g. the debate about whether Uber drivers are employees); SPI has a
> > +questionnaire about their circumstances.
> > +</p>
> > +<p>
> > +Unfortunately, there's no one-size-fits all when dealing with
>
> one-size-fits-all ?
>
> > +contractors, especially without knowing the contributor's country.
> > +</p>
>
> > +<p>
> > +SPI does have some contract templates which depends on the contractors
> > +country. In case of US, Australia, France and a couple others
> > +countries, SPI can easily provide them, otherwise SPI would need to
> > +ask their attorney to draft one, which would take some time
>
> add missing "."
>
> > +</p>
> > +<p>
> > +Also, SPI has two models, MSA (which transfers ownership) and CSA (which
> > +grants a license instead). SPI usually sends the MSA (it's better for most
> > +purposes), but for development purposes, some projects prefer that the
> > +contractor retains ownership rights.
>
> Probably it's good to expand MSA (Master Service Agreements) and CSA
> (Continued Service Agreements) in their first occurrence.
>
> > +</p>
> > +
> > +<br><br>
> > +
> > diff --git a/src/spi_js b/src/spi_js
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..e69de29
> > diff --git a/src/spi_title b/src/spi_title
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..389532a
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/spi_title
> > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > +SPI
> > diff --git a/src/template_head2 b/src/template_head2
> > index 7ba634b..79d2f51 100644
> > --- a/src/template_head2
> > +++ b/src/template_head2
> > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
> > <li><a href="developer.html#Contributing">Contribute</a></li>
> > <li><a href="http://fate.ffmpeg.org">FATE</a></li>
> > <li><a href="http://coverage.ffmpeg.org">Code Coverage</a></li>
> > + <li><a href="spi.html">Funding through SPI</a></li>
>
> Still looks good to me with the minor adjustments, thanks.
will apply
thx
[...]
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