[libredwg] [Fwd: Re: address@hidden: LibreDWG and SoC 2010]]

[Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva]

Time to enrich the proposals and advertise!

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Subject:        Re: address@hidden: LibreDWG and SoC 2010]
Date:   Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:15:07 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
To:     address@hidden
CC:     Karl Berry <address@hidden>, address@hidden
References:     <address@hidden>



On 03/05/2010 01:19 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:05:50 -0300
> From: Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva<address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: LibreDWG and SoC 2010
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> I would like to see LibreDWG participating in Google Summer of Code
> 2010. As a GNU package, I think it would fit as a proposal inside the
> GNU Project. How should I proceed? Is GNU internally selecting projects
> which will go on a larger mentoring organization application to Google?

All GNU projects will be able to advertise on their mailing lists (or 
other relevant places) their participation to the summer of code.  All 
students can then apply via the same organization, "GNU Project".

As in the past years, selection of funded projects will occur based on 
the quality of the proposals and on the number of proposals submitted 
for the same project.  In other words, if GNU gets 4 slots and you have 
4 good proposals, it is unlikely to get all of them funded. :-)

Applying as a separate organization makes sense if you expect a large 
number of application (say on the order of 10).  For example, last year 
GCC had around this number.  However, remember that Google filters 
organizations too, so this introduces another risk factor...

Thanks for your interest in the Summer of Code!

Paolo