[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "Add FUNDING.json"

[compn]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:48:30 +0100, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 07:00 compn, <ff at hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:20:56 +0100, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> >  
> > > This was pushed with outstanding reservations, with no positive
> > > affirmation or review from any other devs, and without a push noticed
> > > to say it was going to be pushed.
> > >
> > > Further, the wallet is controlled by a single individual, and not
> > > FFmpeg.  
> >
> > ffmpeg is not an organization nor registered group. it cannot own
> > anything because it is not a legal entity.
> >
> > much like everything in the project, parts of ffmpeg are owned by
> > individual developers.
> >
> > -compn
> >  
> 
> You know perfectly well this wallet could be converted to USD and sent to
> SPI but is being held as bitcoin purely out of ideological beliefs.
> 
> Kieran
> 
> >  

I recommend anyone looking to do this to consult with an attorney, an
accountant, and review all local and international laws and treaties, as
well as the SPI ToS. It is not as easy as you say.

-compn