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FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs

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1125 points CrankyBear | 1 comments | 11 Nov 25 18:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bhouston ◴[11 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.45892071[source]▶
I would suggest that FFmpeg spin up a commercial arm that gets support contracts with Google, Amazon, etc, but with a tight leash so that it does not undermine the open source project. Would need clean guidance as to what the commercial arm does and does not.

Probably could pull in millions per year.

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1. portaouflop ◴[11 Nov 25 20:05 UTC] No.45892115[source]▶
If it just were that simple. The reality is that this is a very slippery slope and you won’t get a support contract just like that with a “tight leash”