On Thu, 10 Aug 2023, at 14:39, Nicolas George wrote: >> livelihood, and millions for their computer use" in response to NG's >> argument >> that FFmpeg should be turned into a fun experimental research project, and >> that people who wanted to keep FFmpeg what he calls a "serious open-source >> trademark" should just fork. > > Not “turned into”, but restored. FFmpeg *was* a fun experimental > research project, and it was the reason it became so great: developers > then could try things that were not tried elsewhere, they were free to > take risks, to make mistakes and fix them. > > And the, during the second half of 2000s decade, people like you took > more and more place, people who demanded absolute stability and rejected > all risks whatsoever.
You mean, like every project that starts small and gets bigger and reaches maturity stage? > But what you refuse to realize is that it is only an opinion, shared by > you and a few “people”, backed by zero actual arguments. The issue here, is that you are in minority about your vision of FFmpeg, as a fun and experimental project. You screaming louder does not change this reality. If you disagree, just get a vote from all people who have commit access, and you will see. -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President +33 672 704 734 _______________________________________________ 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".
