On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 at 14:50 Ronald S. Bultje <rsbul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > +1 _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel