Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2023-09-24 18:45:37) > > 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. > > I disagree > * Who is and is not a member of the GA is in flux, there can be disputes > even on GA membership. > * You cannot have something owned by a group like that. There needs to be > an individual like a treassurer who has the actual key. > So you again trust one person, this is not different from what it is > now. > > Also democracies can make really bad decissions. Which iam sure you have > never seen occur ;)
So can individuals. Would you rather live in a democracy or an autocracy? Fabrice has not been a part of this project for the majority of its existence (he has <10 commits after 2003). What makes you think he is more qualified to judge what's good for the project than its actual developers. -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ 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".
