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Re: single project funding possibility


From: Jaroslav Hajek
Subject: Re: single project funding possibility
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:04:50 +0200

Uhm, sorry, it seems that I have skipped an important paragraph
reading the rules: the software should target internet technologies
and infrastructure. I guess Octave does not qualify for that. Sorry
for the noise.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Jaroslav Hajek <address@hidden> wrote:
> hello,
>
> the CZ.NIC company (maintainer of Czech national domain) organizes an
> OSS promoting event, named VIP - Vyvijej, Inovuj, Programuj (Develop,
> Innovate, Program). Individuals or teams may propose any open source
> project.
> Proposals should be made until 30th September. A committe will select
> projects afterwards, and allocate funding up to 50000 CZK (2882 USD,
> 2059 EUR) for each project (max. 250000 CZK in total). Hey, we're not
> the richest country out there, but it's better than nothing.
> Payment will be done after completing the project to a contact person,
> according to meeting the objectives. Taxes are payed by the donator.
> The rules apparently do not restrict participants to be Czech citizens
> (though probably the team contact person should better be, as he may
> be needed to sign something in person).
>
> The project website is
> http://www.nic.cz/vip/
> though they failed to provide an English version (it seems that the
> whole event had been organized rather quickly).
>
> CZ.NIC is a reliable company, IMHO. I would, of course, be the contact
> person and handle other formal requirements, should there be any. I'll
> do with the money whatever we agree to do (though you probably just
> have to take my word on this).
>
> So, if we can put up a reasonably small team (not "all Octave
> developers" or something) and agree on a project, I can go ahead and
> send the proposal.
> What do you think?
>
> PS
> The website also contains example project proposals and expected
> funding appropriate for such a project level:
> (rough translations)
>
> Generating detailed stats about web, dns and mail servers and their
> props based on data from .cz domain zone file [45000 CZK]
> Plugin for Outlook/Thunderbird addressbook, able to mark whether
> telephone numbers are available via ENUM (dunno what ENUM is) [20000
> CZK]
> Software allowing user friendly VoIP and SIP config on series E phones
> (in PC or in the phone directly) [15000 CZK]
> DNSSEC library ldns bindings for Python [15000 CZK]
> DNS server Unbound libs bindings for Python [20000 CZK]
> Design and implementation of PKCS#11 client/server proxy (dunno what
> PKCS is) [50000 CZK]
>
> regards,
>
> --
> RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
> computing expert
> Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
> Prague, Czech Republic
> url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz
>



-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz


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