[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] dormant git accounts

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 05:32:40PM +0000, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> On 11/12/2024 5:07 PM, James Almer wrote:
> > I personally don't agree with giving the domain/trademark to the general 
> > assembly, as some have argued. It's just not safe at all.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't necessarily mean giving it ot the GA. I mean having it in a
> better state than being held hostage by someone who hasn't been around in 20
> years and only talks to one person.
> 

> It essentially gives that one person the ability to hold the whole project hostage.

This statement is true for every case where a person holds a trademark or domain
Its also true for every legal entity holding them, as said legal entity is generally
controlled by one person at some level.

Thx

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