Dear FFmpeg community, Yesterday Foreign Policy, based in D.C. and founded in 1970, published my new article advocating for a proposed global commons framework for public data collaboration. Since the news outlet's audience consists of many higher-ups in government / civil service, international relations, and tech companies, I wanted to make the point that disruptive innovation is more than just regulating states versus cruel corporations -- tiny teams with big hearts still matter. Such as FFmpeg ... Search my article for the paragraph that includes the following -- "small, underfunded teams still save the world. Indeed, just 22 aging ships repair the constantly breaking undersea cables civilization depends on. Underpaid and unpaid developers, scattered worldwide, patch arcane software bugs threatening the world economy" -- and you'll see that the word "unpaid" links to this FFmpeg thread about the xz fiasco: https://x.com/FFmpeg/status/1775178803129602500 The paywall-jumping gift hyperlink to my article seems to function only sporadically, so I'll include an alternate hyperlink as well. Plus a link to a few tweets for those interested in social media stuff. Gift: https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/biden-tiktok-bytedance-china-ban-getgee-knowledge-commons/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=YmlkZW4tdGlrdG9rLWJ5dGVkYW5jZS1jaGluYS1iYW4tZ2V0Z2VlLWtub3dsZWRnZS1jb21tb25z&pid=OC20506955 Alternate: https://archive.ph/9Ss1S Tweets: Mine: https://x.com/DouglasLucas/status/1828494416421781861 Foreign Policy's: https://x.com/ForeignPolicy/status/1828568223299629293 A popular one: https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1828868740060160315 I hope the above brightens your day a little! Douglas