[FFmpeg-devel] [REQUEST] Remove me from GA

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Derek

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 02:19:45PM +0000, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> Buckle in, this'll be a bit of a ride. Part of it is inflamatory, and
> part of it is paranoid (or not) rants. I accept this may be slander and
> will pre-emptively ban myself for the sake of getting it in the open.
> 
> I do not wish to be involved in any voting or disucssions anymore,
> related to the direction of community and its associated infra, etc.
> 
> I do not want to be involved in choosing any new non-functional CC
> or TC, because they are not effective due to their membership.
> 

[...]

> I also do not believe STF and SPI are being used appropriately, and
> I believe Thilo is recieving money through this, possible via Michael,
> (and also only appears when the next thing he needs is relevant). I

You should tell the police and file a lawsuit, if you belive any part
of this.

About SPI, they are a non-profit and quite transparent. If someone
believes something is wrong, best would be to contact SPI.

FFmpeg-SPI money can only be used after a request/discussion was on the
public ffmpeg-devel mailing list.
(we have cases for travel, for hw, for passing money from
GSoC to mentors, from STF to people doing the STF work)
This allows the community to direct and block all uses of SPI funds.

Note, for cases like STF the community must speak up at the point before
contracts are signed. because after that SPI/STF/Developers are bound
by the contract and payment has to occur in exchange for the work.

beyond that, your accusation is too vague and general to really
comment. I have no idea what you talk about. I remember no payment
to thilo except travel reimbursements.


> also think there is something weird going on with our booths which Thilo
> keeps registering wihtout telling the community, and GPAC (NAB is already
> registered BTW, with noone being told).

Thilo managed booths since many years and these are publically announced.
In case of "next NAB" i belive Thilo has not been able to find a sponsor
yet. I suspect thats why it was not announced

Also the one non announced booth was the commercial videolabs booth on NAB
a few years ago using FFmpeg trademark and logo.


[...]

> The only mails you'll see from me in the future are code or reviews. I
> am sure certain community members will appreciate that.

I think that makes FFmpeg closer to a professional Project in 2024

Thank you

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated
form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. -- Plato
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