Nivanka Fonseka wrote: > I am writing this email in-order to show my interests, and to seek guidance > on how to send my application + proposal. > If you can reply me in advance it would be great.
Dear Nivanka, Before reading the rest of my reply, please bear in mind that I am not a not a representative of Creative Commons. I managed to complete a project for this organization two years ago as a participant of the Google Summer of Code program. I would love to share my experiences with you and all the other students interested in participating in Google Summer of Code, especially when it comes to Creative Commons. It is superb that you consider participating in the program in question. What follows are general observations that I believe apply to a majority of the GSoC projects at CC: - you need to register at the GSoC Web site; do not count on the extension of the application deadline as that did not happen last year; - should you be accepted, you will be expected to commit early and to commit often; this can be done via Git or Subversion [1]; - you ought to get in touch with Creative Commons before sending your proposal; you have reached the mailing list already; you are more than welcomed to join the channel #cc at the IRC server irc.freenode.net [2]; - should you be accepted, you will be expected to write and blog about the software you develop (for the GSoC project); there are two ways to do it: the wiki (you have found it already) and the Labs blog [3]; - do not forget to check out the student application template [4], which will help you to include important information (from the Creative Commons' point of view) in your proposal; - the staff is in San Francisco, therefore please be aware of the difference in the time zone between your location and theirs [5]; - the goal of the Google Summer of Code program is to encourage new developers to participate in the free software projects in the long term; there is no reason whatsoever for you not to start the development of the WordPress projects before the day the successful applications are accepted; regardless of the outcome, this is a win-win situation; - have a look at the projects and the source code developed in previous years (you can read about them at the Labs, too): http://code.google.com/soc/2006/cc/about.html http://code.google.com/soc/2007/cc/about.html http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2007-cc/downloads/list http://code.google.com/soc/2008/cc/about.html http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2008-cc/downloads/list http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127580 http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127715 If you stumble upon me on the IRC (my nickname is ea4xgr there), then we could chat (be it using the IRC or an instant messenger) about the GSoC program at Creative Commons from the perspective of a student. I would also show you the application I submitted two years ago. [1] http://code.creativecommons.org/ [2] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC [3] http://labs.creativecommons.org/ [4] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Summer_of_Code_Application_Template [5] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ Boa sorte! Regards, -- Robert Gust‐Bardon http://robert.gust-bardon.org/ Please, DO NOT reply to the e‐mail address that I have sent this message from. Instead, visit my Web site and use the e‐mail address found there. _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
