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The FreeBSD Project is looking forward to participating as a mentoring
organization in Google Summer of
- Code 2010. This program funds students to contribute to an open
- source project over the summer break. We have had over 85 successful
+ href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2011">Google
+ Summer of Code 2011.
+ This program funds students to contribute to an open source project over
+ the summer break.
+ We have had over 100 successful
students working on FreeBSD as part of this program in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and
- 2009.
This page will be updated throughout the GSoC 2010 application period +
This page will be updated throughout the GSoC 2011 application period to include new information, such as project ideas, proposal information, and potential mentor contact information. If you don't see an idea that interests you, visit again in a couple of days!
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@ href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2008.html">2008, andFor a complete list of student projects from previous years, visit:
The following example project ideas are a subset of the general - FreeBSD Project - Ideas list that we think are the most suitable for Summer of - Code projects. You are not required to submit a proposal using one of - these ideas - original ideas, if of interest to the project, are - most welcome.
- -The FreeBSD Project maintains an Ideas Page on our + wiki. + Projects specifically tagged as "GSoC" are believed to be sized for a + useful summer hacking, and have technical contacts who can help answer + questions as you write your proposal. + Ideas not marked as GSoC-friendly are also fine to propose, but may be + scoped larger or smaller than a summer, or might not have such a clear + mentor -- we suggest e-mailing our soc-admins alias for help if you do + decide to propose one of them. + You are, of course, welcome to propose your own ideas, and if the + proposal is strong, we'll try to match you with a mentor!
For additional ideas about upcoming development projects in FreeBSD, take a look at recent 2005].
Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it to Google before the application deadline. The following outline - was adapted from the Perl Foundation open - source proposal HOWTO. The objective of the proposal is to identify + was adapted from the Perl Foundation. + The objective of the proposal is to identify what is to be done, explain why this needs to be done, and convince us that:
@@ -248,7 +243,7 @@ href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2005">2005].A number of FreeBSD committers are willing to mentor students. A good place to start is the 'Technical contacts' listed with the example projects on the Ideas page.
+ href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage">ideas page.18 March - Google to announce what open source organizations will participate in Google Summer of Code 2010.
29 March - Student application period opens. +
28 March - Student application period opens.
9 April - Student application period closes. +
8 April - Student application period closes.
21 April - Organizations finish reviewing +
22 April - Organizations finish reviewing applications an mentors registered.
26 April - Accepted students announced.
+25 April - Accepted students announced.
Note that these dates may change, and the Google FAQ timeline is the authoritative source of detailed schedule information:
- +All students must register with, and submit applications via, the Google Summer of Code home page:
- +What advice do you have for a student who might want to submit a proposal?
@@ -349,8 +344,10 @@ href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2005">2005].What projects were completed successfully by students in previous summers?
-Please see the 2009 FreeBSD - Summer of Code page, as well as older project pages from Please see the 2010 FreeBSD + Summer of Code page, as well as older project pages from + 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and