[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "Remove battleforthenet widget"

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:13 PM, Compn <tempn at mi.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:40:55 +0000, Kieran Kunhya
> <kieran618 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> +1
>
> just you wait until net neutrality is really dead. your rival
> broadcast encoder vendors will pay the extra $5k and have your site
> slowed or de-listed from the internet, kieran.
>
> Then you can just pay the ISP $5k per year to get off the slow list.
>
> unless you think AT&T or Verizon will be fair.
>
> ffmpeg's reputation is based on its code.
> not its developers. not its website.
> not any of its activism or news entries.
> not any of us, not the mailing lists, not the irc, not the trac.
>
> or i could be wrong.
> any changes of internet policy are going to affect everyone in different
> ways. to ignore this is folly.
>

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and their own politics, but you
should also be respectful of those that do not want politics involved
in FFmpeg. Its not the place for it.
Do we add political statements about some internet-related happenings
from other countries as well then? Why limit this to the US only? If
we have one popup, we might as well have 5?

Getting into politics is a slippery slope, and its best to just stay out of it.


- Hendrik