[FFmpeg-devel] Democratization

[Soft Works]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> Vittorio Giovara
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:46 AM
> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> devel at ffmpeg.org>
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization
> 
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Vittorio Giovara (12025-01-30):
> > > No, what we're seeing is a few representatives of the community
> >
> > Nobody appointed them.
> >
> > Nobody appointed you.
> >
> > I am more representative of the community than anybody who has been
> > bullying Michael to leave.
> >
> 
> lmao, whatever you say mr president
> 
> and *ONCE AGAIN* stop spreading misinformation, nobody wants Micheal
> to leave or [...].

Dear Vittorio, 

Is this really misinformation?

Niklas Haas wrote:
> From the point of view of the anti-Michael
> faction, it is Michael's presence that is hurting the project the most. 

And you replied:
> Thanks for the summary Niklas, it is pretty on point, and well articulated.


> and *ONCE AGAIN* stop spreading misinformation, nobody wants Micheal
> to leave or is bullying him.

Sure, you don't want to bully, what you want is to overthrow him:

> We want him to follow the rules of everyone, and
> avoid incidents like snapping and banning people at random, or giving
> free
> reign to friends (for things like booths) while giving a hard time to
> strangers (for things like security and infrastructure).


So, what remains as misinformation is:

You don't want to bully him, you want to overthrow him.
And you are just bullying him in order to overthrow him.

The gangster said:

"I really don't want to shoot you, I just want you to die. Could you please die for yourself, then I don't need to shoot you?"

sw