[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg governance and accusations

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le maanantaina 30. joulukuuta 2024, 18.57.49 EET Michael Niedermayer a écrit :
> After months of public harassment and accusations
> it appears the attacks against me shift to private mail.

You can't *publicly* accuse people of harrassment without proof,. That would 
literally constitute defamation except for the fact that you don't give any 
names. (Keyword: publicly)

And *if* there has been one case of harrassment in the last few months that 
I'd be aware of, it is the discretionary ban against Vittorio by a certain 
admin - regardless of the fact that I cannot condone some of Vittorio's 
statements. (Keyword: if)

> also about democratication, its not possible with the GA/CC as it is
> currrently. ATM 3 of 5 seats in the CC are filled by executives or
> employees of FFlabs.

This statement looks demeaning and scornful of the community of active 
contributors who (for the most part) supported the "new" structure with the 
GA, CC and TC.

Besides your maths simply don't add up. There were 30 voters, and more 
eligible to vote. The vast majority of them are not affiliated with FFlabs, 
which lists only 8 team members (including yourself). CC membership is also 
not limited to the GA.

Furthermore, your own actions had already driven James to resign before you 
wrote this, ironically shortly after he (and Ronald) had tried to defend you. 
So now we are down to only 2 people affiliated with FFlabs.

Of course that makes Vittorio the presumptive successor to James, which is 
surely worse from your perspective. Appreciate the but indirect consequences 
of your own actions...

> That would make FFmpeg a subsidiery of FFlabs and has
> nothing to do with democracy (this could actually give less power to the
> community than it has now)

I don't have any standing in that venture so the following is purely 
informative. I don't need to remind anyone that business partners of a French 
company have mutual obligation of loyalty under applicable business 
legislation, at least in my limited understanding.

FWIW, FFlabs lists JB, Anton, Thilo and you as founding partners. So please 
take your FFlabs problems to FFlabs board meetings, if only for your own legal 
shielding.

> Not to mention that the CC is judge, jury and executioner while pretending
> to be democratic.

Remind us who's accusing whom again...

Executive powers necessarily lie with admins. You of all people would know. 
Now that James has resigned from the CC, I believe that the CC has zero 
admins, or what you call "executioner". So spare us the accusatory idioms.

FWIW I will not participate on CC complaints leveled against me as an 
_individual_, and all earlier CC complaints from me have already been waived. 
I expect my fellow CC members to abide by the same standard.

-- 
雷米‧德尼-库尔蒙
http://www.remlab.net/