[FFmpeg-user] FFmpeg devs linked in my new Foreign Policy article

Douglas Lucas dal at riseup.net
Thu Aug 29 01:28:46 EEST 2024


Dear FFmpeg community,

Yesterday Foreign Policy, based in D.C. and founded in 1970, published
my new article advocating for a proposed global commons framework for
public data collaboration. Since the news outlet's audience consists of
many higher-ups in government / civil service, international relations,
and tech companies, I wanted to make the point that disruptive
innovation is more than just regulating states versus cruel corporations
-- tiny teams with big hearts still matter.

Such as FFmpeg ... Search my article for the paragraph that includes the
following -- "small, underfunded teams still save the world. Indeed,
just 22 aging ships repair the constantly breaking undersea cables
civilization depends on. Underpaid and unpaid developers, scattered
worldwide, patch arcane software bugs threatening the world economy" --
and you'll see that the word "unpaid" links to this FFmpeg thread about
the xz fiasco: https://x.com/FFmpeg/status/1775178803129602500

The paywall-jumping gift hyperlink to my article seems to function only
sporadically, so I'll include an alternate hyperlink as well. Plus a
link to a few tweets for those interested in social media stuff.

Gift:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/biden-tiktok-bytedance-china-ban-getgee-knowledge-commons/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=YmlkZW4tdGlrdG9rLWJ5dGVkYW5jZS1jaGluYS1iYW4tZ2V0Z2VlLWtub3dsZWRnZS1jb21tb25z&pid=OC20506955

Alternate:
https://archive.ph/9Ss1S

Tweets:
Mine: https://x.com/DouglasLucas/status/1828494416421781861
Foreign Policy's: https://x.com/ForeignPolicy/status/1828568223299629293
A popular one: https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1828868740060160315

I hope the above brightens your day a little!

Douglas


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