The Future of Libjpeg-Turbo

LibJPEG-Turbo is a really great library. We tested a number of them, and wound up using it. It has a good, commercial-friendly license, and screams like a bat out of hell.<p>I no longer work for the company that would have used it, but I&#x27;d gently suggest that it would not be a good idea to let it die.

DRC is an absolute beast. I respect the author in every way - from his incredible work on LibJPEG-Turbo to his 5 year slog getting VirtualGL to work without an x-server (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;VirtualGL&#x2F;virtualgl&#x2F;issues&#x2F;10" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;VirtualGL&#x2F;virtualgl&#x2F;issues&#x2F;10</a>).<p>It&#x27;s a shame he can&#x27;t find support for this, because his projects truly are worth the effort for the niche they fill :(

I would have a hard time convincing management to sponsor, but if there was an affordable support option, it would be easier.... We regularly pay 1k&#x2F;year support for ‘mission critical’ systems.

A link to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jpeg.rocks&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jpeg.rocks&#x2F;</a> was posted here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25712301" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25712301</a><p>This is based on <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mozilla&#x2F;mozjpeg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mozilla&#x2F;mozjpeg</a>, which is a patched version of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;libjpeg-turbo&#x2F;libjpeg-turbo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;libjpeg-turbo&#x2F;libjpeg-turbo</a>

It feels like patio11‘s comment on donating vs. paying for open source software should be linked to from here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10863939" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10863939</a>

I would consider donating, but I&#x27;d frankly prefer to donate to tax-exempt orgs. That way I can donate more with the same effective &quot;cost&quot; to myself. I get that it&#x27;s not trivial to set one of these up (especially for someone who is already in a funding deficit), but I think it would make donations a more attractive option for people.<p>Additionally, the email talks about funding in hours of development work, but doesn&#x27;t mention what each hour costs... would be helpful information to have in order to size a donation.

How much of a time saving is it for an open source project to stop writing code and simply switch to reviewing&#x2F;accepting PR&#x27;s from external contributors?

I wonder if RedHat or Mozilla would consider employing him?

Can someone please change the title so it reflects the content?<p>This is libjpeg-turbo needing funding, the current title is clickbaity