[FFmpeg-devel] Democratization

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi all

I was working in the last few days a little on drafting a democratization process

Heres the current draft: (very preliminary and will certainly change alot)
also I still need to find out, if more than 3 developer actually care about this

But either way, this is intended to be an open and public process not a process behind closed doors

Iam posting this mainly to show that i have not been ignoring the call for democratization
(originally wanted to wait longer so its more fleshed out before posting but well, posting
 now, maybe it makes some people happier)

Summary:
    People will have shares proportional to their contribution to FFmpeg.
    The voting power will depend on how recent the last commit was. And the main
    author will have a veto right and a 2/3 majority will be needed for "Constitutional" changes.
    Persistent trolls can be excluded from becoming shareholders.
    As new contributions are made, new shares will be created. This will happen on a quarterly base.

Shares:
    1 commit in           git master branch ==  1 shares
    1 fixed ticket in trac                  ==
    1 mail in ffmpeg-devel                  ==

Time Multiplier:
    Provides an incentive to return and contribute again,
    favors recently active contributors

Majority
    Constitutional changes require 2/3 majority

Veto-holder
    There is one veto holder, they can block decissions that
    would cause harm to FFmpeg. The veto holder must always
    have named a successor. In case the chain of successors
    breaks. The available person with most authored commits in git master
    becomes the new veto holder.

thx

-- 
Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

"Nothing to hide" only works if the folks in power share the values of
you and everyone you know entirely and always will -- Tom Scott

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