Hi,
Am 27.10.23 um 12:43 schrieb Rémi Denis-Courmont:
Le 26 octobre 2023 18:45:23 GMT+03:00, Michael Niedermayer
<mich...@niedermayer.cc> a écrit :
This is financial sustainability Plan A (SPI)
ATM SPI has like 150k $, we do not activly seek donations, we do not currently
use SPI money to fund any development. SPI money is ultimately controlled by
the FFmpeg community and everything is transparent and public.
1. We should fund some FFmpeg development with SPI-FFmpeg money
Why should it be via SPI? What's the benefit of that hypothetical future
additional funding going via SPI, as opposed to:
obviously transparency and community control. None of which is given by the
options you list.
- via FFlabs or any other reputable OSS multimedia consulting company,
- a consortium of large companies, or
- directly to a salaried or freelance developer.
Also, it is not that these shall cease to be done. Using SPI money is one more
option.
It seems the sole benefit is that SPI can solicit donations. So then you are
putting the cart before the horses. Secure that extra funding first.
To help 2. we should favor flashy, cool development that can bring in more
donations
That's the part that you'd need to clarify first. What relevant flashy cool
development will attract those donations? Why should they be funded by
donations rather than more traditional business transactions?
Hen & egg. Fortunately, as Michael suggests, we have a starting budget already
and 5-10 K seem totally worth exploring this possibility for us.
* If you have some flashy FFmpeg project you want to work on with a cost of
between 5-15k $ then propose it on the mailing list, make yourself ready for
some paperwork complexities and some public debate as thats the first time we
try this, there will be extra issues likely.
I don't think that code bounties count toward OSS "sustainability". It's
condoning the so-called jig economy, which is the opposite, IMO.
Code bounties sustain a/the developer(s) working on it and that way they stay
active with the project. Of course there are more reliable ways but that does
not void bounties. Also, even if Michael just proposed code bounties - nothing
stops us from sponsoring non-code-bounties to sustain FFmpeg. For SPI, their
limitations are our limitations and they are not limited to code bounties.
-Thilo
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