On 28/02/08 at 10:54 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > BTW, it might be relevant to check GSOC's FAQ to see what it is about. > > ,---- > | Google Summer of Code has several goals: > | > | * Get more open source code created and released for the benefit of > | all; > | * Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source > | development; > | * Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers and > | committers; > | * Provide students in Computer Science and related fields the > | opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during > | the summer (think "flip bits, not burgers"); > | * Give students more exposure to real-world software development > | scenarios (e.g., distributed development, software licensing > | questions, mailing-list etiquette). > `---- > > Source: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_goals > > Please note that it's not only about “bringing fresh blood to free > software”.
Points 2,3 and 5 can be summarized as "goal of GSOC is get fresh blood". Only point 1 is about "goal of GSOC is to get code written". This is too ambiguous to conclude anything from it. > > > Now. How come it wouldn't be possible to apply for a GSOC slot, > > > lowering the involvement in one (or more) of the above-mentioned > > > areas, and concentrating on a specific project? > > > > Past years show that this is very hard to do, > > Pointers? Ahah, no, you already said you haven't got any. It would be a good idea to ask jvm, ana, marga, tincho and lamby about their opinion on that topic. > > but of course it's possible. But that also means that we are > > shooting ourselves in the foot: we are asking someone to lower his > > involvement in some areas of Debian, where we might be depending on > > him. Many Debian teams might not be able to afford to lose an active > > contributor during the summer (just before the lenny release!) so he > > can work on his GSOC project. > > Huh? You know about libre arbitre, right? If people apply to GSOC, > their choice. I really don't know why you would forbid them to apply. > So that they keep doing the dirty job before a release? Gah, you discovered my evil plans :-) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]