[FFmpeg-devel] Sovereign Tech Fund

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 10:45:50PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024, 22:40 Michael Niedermayer, <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 09:54:05PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 21:43, Michael Niedermayer <
> > michael at niedermayer.cc>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 08:19:04PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:17, Cosmin Stejerean via ffmpeg-devel <
> > > > > ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > > This is most likely referring to the email from Thilo that an
> > anonymous
> > > > > > corporate sponsor is providing ffmpeg with a booth at NAB 2024
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org/msg154158.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Seems off-topic for this thread about SPI and STF.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - Cosmin
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It's really not off-topic. It's about agreements that are made on
> > behalf
> > > > of
> > > > > the project without consulting the community, which is what appears
> > to be
> > > > [...]
> > > > > We love transparency in this project, right?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, i cant awnser your questions but i have some questions myself
> > after
> > > > looking for NAB related things
> > > >
> > > > who did the 2023 booth on NAB for FFmpeg (W3323) ?
> > > > here:
> > > >
> > > >
> > https://www.linkedin.com/posts/videolan_nabshow-activity-7054494677881769985-ZCK7/
> > > > We can clearly see FFmpeg logo and FFmpeg text in this
> > > >
> > > > Also in the reactions, i dont recognize any except you.
> > > >
> > > > and where was that discussed with the FFmpeg community?
> > > >
> > > > Iam reading there where no FFmpeg developers on that booth just
> > buissness
> > > > people
> > > > from someone who vissited, so iam a bit confused.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thilo was on the booth (when he felt like showing up) and j-b was on the
> > > booth along with other Videolabs people.
> > > Julien Navas, myself and other Videolabs people built the booth in our
> > own
> > > time free of charge.
> > >
> > > I have no idea who the " buissness people" you talk about are.
> >
> > Where did you discuss the creation of this Booth with the FFmpeg community
> > ?
> >
> > thx
> >
> 
> Ask the people who paid for it and staffed it.

So you, for free helped to build a FFmpeg stand for the "for profit
videolabs company"

I am a little confused here.
What is your relation to this company ?
Where you a employee, shareholder, contractor, executive of videolabs ?

thx

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