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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/projects/summerofcode.sgml,v 1.57 2006/10/25 04:29:00 murray Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Summer Projects">
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&header;
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<p>The FreeBSD Project was a successful mentoring organization in the
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Google <a href="http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html">Summer of
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Code</a>. This program funds students to contribute to an open
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source project over the summer break. We had dozens of successful
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students working on FreeBSD as part of this program in <a
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href="&base;/summerofcode-2005.html">2005</a> and <a
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href="&base;/summerofcode-2006.html">2006</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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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="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-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 <a
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href="http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/SummerOfCode2006">FreeBSD
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SoC2006 Wiki</a> and the Google
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<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/freebsd/about.html">FreeBSD SoC 2006</a> pages.</p>
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<a name="ideas"></a>
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<h2>Example Proposal Ideas</h2>
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<p>Please see the general <a
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href="&base;/projects/ideas/index.html">FreeBSD Project Ideas</a>
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page. The recent <a href="&base;/news/status">Developer Status
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Reports</a> are also a good source of information about upcoming
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projects. A Summer of Code-specific addendum may be posted here in
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Spring 2007.</p>
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<a name="mentors"></a>
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<h2>Mentors</h2>
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<p>A list of potential mentors will be posted here when the 2007
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program is announced.</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>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?</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="infrastructure"></a>
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<h2>Infrastructure Provided to Students</h2>
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<p>In 2005 and 2006, 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 in
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future programs will be offered the same facilities.
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Students will also be asked to maintain wiki
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pages on their on-going projects. In the past, e-mail, IRC, and
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instant messaging have proven popular among students and mentors, and
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students participating in the FreeBSD summer program are encouraged to
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use these and other electronic communication mechanisms to become
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active 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>What about Summer of 2007?</strong></p>
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<p>We again hope to be able to work with Google and participate in
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a sponsored Google Summer of Code program in 2007. Please check
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back in Spring 2007 for details.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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