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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by agumonkey on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:25AM (#15372331)
Someone suggested that in the AMA. Take the cash, then fork and let users migrate. OP then used the word "morale".
Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by bigbugbag on Saturday September 30, 2017 @04:41PM (#15374889)
It is not so simple. Many users would be left on the sidelines and the trust would be damaged forever.

If something like this had happened I would have migrated the machines I maintain for sure but probably not to the VLC fork.

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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by agumonkey on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:50AM (#15372423)
Yeah, and want his babies. Rockstar L11
Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by Iv on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:54AM (#15372433)
He was asked if he ever got girls thanks to his VLC god status. He answered that, well, he actually tried... But no.