[MPlayer-dev-eng] Leaving the project

[Ivan Kalvachev]

On 4/10/11, compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:09:10 +0200, Arpi wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>> Gr_ezi,
>>>
>>> I got a mail from a certain project leader, claiming to be backed
>>> up by MPlayer developers, containing legal threats that border on duress.
>>>
>>> Although I got used to get such threats from companies who thought
>>> they could stop the development of a codec by intimidation, I am
>>> definitely not used to getting such mails from project members,
>>> much less from people I once considered to be friends.
>>>
>>> In order to protect myself from getting drawn into a pointless
>>> legal battle between grown up men who behave like children
>>> in a sandbox fight, I decided to leave the MPlayer project.
>>>
>>> Thus I will stop providing any service to MPlayer from
>>> Monday 18.4.2011 12:00 CEST on. This means, that I will disable
>>> all services running on my private machines by then and will
>>> shut down natsuki, the main server of MPlayer. The machine is
>>> running under my name, with rackspace and bandwidth donated as
>>> a personal favor to me. Please migrate all services you still
>>> need to somewhere else by then.
>>>
>>> My offer to ship natsuki to anyone who has a claim on it still
>>> holds, given that packaging and shipping (including service time)
>>> is being paid upfront. In case nobody claims natsuki in three
>>> months time, I will take this as that nobody has a interest in this
>>> old machine and will donate it to the local linux user group.
>>
>>what kind of box is that? how old, cpu, ram hdd etc...
>>about how much it would cost to ship that to budapest?
>>(i offer hosting it here, if nobody else has such offer)
>
>
> shipping cost could be reimbursed by ffmtech foundation. it would be
> nice of them to do that. someone please submit a proposal to
> ffmpeg-legal for me. also i hope you guys can agree on a new host for
> ffmpeg-legal. there might be more lists or services that i am
> forgetting about.

I would like once again to remind you that the donation campaign collected
more money than were spent. Actually we collected money enough for
two servers and we bought only one.

As long as these remaining money could cover the costs associated with
the server
we should not seek other donors.

Also, let's not forget that MPlayer is collecting money through
flattr, as you can see on the homepage. I'm quite sure that these
money alone could cover all the costs of relocation.