sjvnNov 11

FFmpeg to Google Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs: https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/ by @sjvn

The clash between small volunteer-driven, open-source projects, such as FFmpeg & the billion-dollar companies built on their work, which demand rapid security patches, is heating up.

FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs

A lively discussion about open source, security, and who pays the bills has erupted on Twitter. 

The New Stack
Show threadGregoryNov 11
@sjvn sometimes, in my personal projects, when someone acts like I owe them something by virtue of having made and published the project, I do this:
https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop/issues/198
App broke under macOS 15.4 UPDATE · Issue #198 · grishka/NearDrop

App not recognized when trying to share with Android, R&R App same result, happened after the update

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Show threadCadenNov 11
@grishka @sjvn it's crazy how people view GitHub issues as a way to get people to do work for them for free
Show threadGregoryNov 11
@tarix29 @sjvn or as a general-purpose feedback form. And in my own experience, 95% of those accounts will have empty profiles without as much as a face on the profile picture
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@grishka
Because they are end users who don't know how computers work, who don't use GitHub and therefore just made an account to post about the problem they were having?
For chrissakes not everyone has the knowledge you do. Many don't even have the knowledge I do. You do realize that right?
This isn't about people trying to "exploit" you. They are just trying to get their bug fixed. That guy probably genuinely misremembered that he gave you some money for it.
@tarix29 @sjvn
Nov 11 at 11:29pmWeb