Hi, On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Compn <te...@mi.rr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 06:59:45 -0500, "Ronald S. Bultje" > <rsbul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Again, please: no advertising, no politics. It was fun while it lasted > but > > it's turning into something semi-permanent now, I really have significant > > issues with this. > > this isnt advertising. > > what is your significant issue with the politics? I'm so sick of everything being about politics, everything being politicized, everything being presented about the end of the world, and everything being pushed in my face and everyone being forced to continuously pay attention, have an opinion and to care. Because it's just not true. It's just a spin. Sure, some things are important. But the end of the world? Hardly. To put our reputation as a prime, pristine, independent and unpartisan collection of multimedia tools and experts on the line for an unlikely and minor moment of partisan gain in a single country. Really? Why? I just don't get it. If you want to play politics, join a political movement or party, attend or organize rallies, run for local, state or federal office, create a politically motivated youtube channel or facebook group. But don't use our website. My issue is this: this advertising turns FFmpeg into a political movement. But I don't want FFmpeg to be a political movement, or to be political at all. I would like FFmpeg to be an opensource (or free software) project where people with various interests in multimedia can come together - regardless of background - and create cool technical innovations. Ronald _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
