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successful student applicants will be announced on Monday. Also add a FAQ entry noting that we are eager to work with students that were not selected for funding as there were not enough slots for all the promising students.
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&header1;
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<body>
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<div id="CONTENTWRAP">
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&header3;
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<p>The FreeBSD Project is pleased to participate as a mentoring
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organization in the <a
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href="http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html">Google Summer of
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Code</a> 2008. This program funds students to contribute to an open
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source project over the summer break. We have had over 50 successful
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students working on FreeBSD as part of this program in <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2005.html">2005</a>, <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2006.html">2006</a>, and <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2007.html">2007</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#students">Benefits of Participating</a></li>
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<li><a href="#students">Past Student Projects</a></li>
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<li><a href="#ideas">Example Proposal Ideas</a></li>
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<li><a href="#mentors">Possible Mentors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#proposals">Proposal Guidelines</a></li>
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<li><a href="#infrastructure">Infrastructure Provided to Students</a></li>
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<li><a href="#faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="benefits"></a>
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<h2>Benefit of Participating</h2>
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<p>Google Summer of Code is an exciting opportunity for students to
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"intern" with an open source project for a summer. The FreeBSD
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Project, as one of the most successful and oldest open source projects,
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is an excellent place to do this internship. Founded in 1993, the
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project now consists of several hundred "committers" and tens of
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thousands of contributors. FreeBSD is the foundation for many
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commercial products, including Apple's Mac OS X, NetApp's OnTap/GX,
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Juniper's JunOS, as well countless other products, and is widely used
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in the Internet Service Provider and corporate IT worlds. Many of
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these sponsors participate daily in the FreeBSD community, and students
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have the opportunity to develop software ideas in an exciting
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environment with many real world applications, and under the mentorship
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of experienced developers.</p>
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<p>After the summer ends, many of our students are sponsored by Google or
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the FreeBSD Foundation to attend operating systems and open source
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conferences to present on their work, and a significant number go on to
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become FreeBSD developers. It's also a great job networking
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opportunity!</p>
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<a name="students"></a>
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<h2>Past Student Projects</h2>
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<p>For a complete list of student projects from previous years,
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visit:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2007.html">Summer of Code 2007 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2006.html">Summer of Code 2006 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2005.html">Summer of Code 2005 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>See also our wiki pages for student projects [<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2007">2007</a>,
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<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2006">2006</a>, and
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<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2005">2005</a>].</p>
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<a name="ideas"></a>
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<h2>Example Proposal Ideas</h2>
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<p>The following example project ideas are a subset of the general
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<a href="&base;/projects/ideas/index.html">FreeBSD Project
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Ideas</a> list that we think are the most suitable for Summer of
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Code projects.</p>
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<xsl:for-each select="idea[@class='soc']">
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<p>For additional ideas about upcoming development projects in
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FreeBSD, take a look at recent <a
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href="&base;/news/status">Developer Status Reports</a>.</p>
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<a name="mentors"></a>
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<h2>Mentors</h2>
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<p>A number of FreeBSD committers are willing to mentor students this
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year. A good place to start is the 'Technical contacts' listed with
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the example projects on the <a
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href="&base;/projects/ideas/index.html">Ideas page</a>.</p>
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<a name="proposals"></a>
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<h2>Proposal Guidelines</h2>
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<p>Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it
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to Google before the application deadline. The following outline
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was adapted from the Perl Foundation <a
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href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/gc/grants/proposals.html">open
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source proposal HOWTO</a>. A strong proposal will include:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Name</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Email</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Project Title</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Possible Mentor</strong> <em>(optional)</em></li>
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<li><strong>Who you have talked to about the project</strong> - if
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you have communicated with a FreeBSD Developer in the preparation
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of this proposal, please let us know who it was. This will allow
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us to consult them regarding your proposal if we have any
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questions.</li>
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<li><strong>Benefits to the FreeBSD Community</strong> - a good
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project will not just be fun to work on, but also generally
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useful to others.</li>
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<li><strong>Deliverables</strong> - It is very important to list
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quantifiable results here e.g.
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<ul>
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<li>"Improve X modules in ways Y and Z."</li>
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<li>"Write 3 new man pages for the new interfaces."</li>
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<li>"Improve test coverage by writing X more unit/regression
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tests."</li>
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<li>"Improve performance in FOO by X%."</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><strong>Project Schedule</strong> - How long will the project
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take? When can you begin work?</li>
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<li><strong>Availability</strong> - How many hours per week can
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you spend working on this? What other obligations do you have
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this summer?</li>
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<li><strong>Bio</strong> - Who are you? What makes you the best
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person to work on this project? Do you use FreeBSD already?
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If your project includes programming in a particular language,
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such as C, or in a specific environment, such as the kernel or
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an embedded platform, what experience do you have working in
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that area? Are you familiar with or a user of revision control
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systems?</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Please note: in the past, a significant number of proposals have
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been received that consist solely of copies of ideas from our
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ideas list. Proposals of this sort are rejected without further
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consideration. A strong project proposal will consist either of
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a detailed original proposal or a significantly elaborated
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proposal from the idea list, and must reflect the necessary
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background work to understand the problem and possible solutions.
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Special attention is paid to proposals where the student has
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identified appropriate members of the community in advance and
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worked with them to develop their project idea prior to
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submitting the proposal.</p>
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<a name="infrastructure"></a>
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<h2>Infrastructure Provided to Students</h2>
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<p>In previous years, the FreeBSD Project provided access to the FreeBSD
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Perforce revision control infrastructure in order to facilitate
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student collaboration, provide public access and archiving for the
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on-going student projects, and to help mentors and the community
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monitor on-going work. It is expected that students participating
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in future programs will be offered the same facilities. Students
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will also be asked to maintain wiki pages on their on-going
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projects. In the past, e-mail, IRC, and instant messaging have
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proven popular among students and mentors, and students
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participating in the FreeBSD summer program are encouraged to use
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these and other electronic communication mechanisms to become active
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in the community.</p>
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<a name="faq"></a>
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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>I wasn't selected for funding by Google as part of the Google Summer of Code, can I still participate?</strong></p>
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<p>Yes! By all means. Each year we have many more talented
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student applications that there are available places and we are
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very happy when students choose to get involved with FreeBSD.
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Please mail soc-mentors@FreeBSD.org about how to proceed with
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your project.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>When are successful student applications announced?</strong></p>
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<p>April 21, 2008.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>What projects were completed successfully by students
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last summer?</strong></p>
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<p>Please see the <a href="summerofcode-2007.html">2007 FreeBSD
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Summer of Code</a> page, as well as older project pages from <a
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href="summerofcode-2006.html">2006</a> and <a
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href="summerofcode-2005.html">2005</a> for a list of the
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completed projects from previous years.</p></li>
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</ul>
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