Hi, On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 1:40 PM Marton Balint <c...@passwd.hu> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2023, Kyle Swanson wrote: > > DNS > > --- > > > > - Currently the DNS of ffmpeg.org is managed by Fabrice > > - Michael was asked if he has control over the ffmpeg.org DNS > register. > > - Michael says he thinks he has some. > > - Ronald would be curious to know what "some" means. > > - Ronald proposes current project owners should have control over DNS > and > > trademark. > > - Ronald: Fabrice is not active, DNS and trademark should be in the > > control of project members. > > - Michael: "i think fabrice should stay in ultimate control", "he has > > always acted in the best interests of the people". > > - Ronald took a poll in the room, most agreed current project > developers > > should have control of this. > > I think you should define what you are aiming for exactly. Having more > people control the domain zone, or asking Fabrice to transfer domain > ownership to someone else or some legal entity. > > I doubt anybody has problem with the former, but for the latter, knowing > history, it will certainly raise eyebrows. IMHO having Fabrice ultimate > control over the domain ensures that everybody plays nice. > I disagree. Fabrice has theoretical veto power over anything this community does because he can change the IP ffmpeg.org points to. That is not right. He is not a participant anymore. I understand he conceived of the project and its name, but he is no longer part of the developer community in this project. Most participants (basically everyone) agreed with this. I don't mean to threaten and I don't mean to own rights to anything myself. If you don't like me asking to be part of the GA even though I don't meet the commit count threshold, you can express that by denying me membership in the "other people" vote that will be up at some point in the near future. I will respect this process regardless of outcome. I believe the GA should have sole control and ownership over the domain and trademark. I suggested to kindly ask Fabrice to transfer ownership and/or legal control permanently to a non-profit controlled by and composed of only our GA. I believe this can be amicably worked out. If you believe Fabrice should continue to have *some* (although not *sole*) say over FFmpeg and ffmpeg.org, then we could propose for him to be a GA member, too. I think that makes a lot of sense - he historically has a ton more work in FFmpeg than me. Ronald _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
