Code quality matters more than contributor credentials

Jean-Baptiste Kempf says his community evaluates contributions by the quality of the code rather than a contributor’s identity, background or employer. He describes contributors from diverse backgrounds, including introverts.

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Jean-Baptiste Kempf on open-source code quality, maintenance and secure builds

Original excerpt

The important thing is, is your code good? We care about excellent code. We don’t care who you are. Like maybe you’re a dog. I don’t care, right? I don’t care where you come from. I need to look at your code.

Context

FFmpeg is probably one of the biggest CPU users in the world. Everything we’ve just said in the past couple of minutes, every sentence is someone’s lifetime’s work. There are books about every sentence. So the level of complexity in many cases is inordinate.

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