> - it'd be distracting, they're open source devs/maintainers not fund managers
True. Dedicating time & effort to this would take away time & effort from development. But the harsh reality here is:
1. Client devs simply will not receive anywhere near as much funding as the drop Jellyfin are proposing/asking for.
2. It's clear from the article that Jellyfin's main devs would prefer a world where those client devs do receive such funds.
It's ultimately a trade-off: Jellyfin central dev would take a hit from taking on such a fiscal role, but the Client dev community would benefit, which sounds like it would benefit Jellyfin ultimately. Entirely up to Jellyfin's devs on whether they feel the hit would be worthwhile but I don't think it should be dismissed out of hand & it's worth suggesting.
Disagree
> - it'd be distracting, they're open source devs/maintainers not fund managers
True. Dedicating time & effort to this would take away time & effort from development. But the harsh reality here is:
1. Client devs simply will not receive anywhere near as much funding as the drop Jellyfin are proposing/asking for.
2. It's clear from the article that Jellyfin's main devs would prefer a world where those client devs do receive such funds.
It's ultimately a trade-off: Jellyfin central dev would take a hit from taking on such a fiscal role, but the Client dev community would benefit, which sounds like it would benefit Jellyfin ultimately. Entirely up to Jellyfin's devs on whether they feel the hit would be worthwhile but I don't think it should be dismissed out of hand & it's worth suggesting.