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Google Summer of Code 2023

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Re: Google Summer of Code 2023

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Post by hgsgm »

em-bee wrote: post #17
More-nitors wrote: post #14

I'm no longer student at a university (working) -- can I apply? are there any age restrictions?

yes, the program is now open to anyone. i don't think there are age restrictions. the primary condition is that you are new to FOSS and are not an active contributor already

> the primary condition is that you are new to FOSS and are not an active contributo

Why? People who are interested and caring enough to start without getting paid, and who have shown they are more likely to succeed, are the ones who are excluded? That's toxic to FOSS culture.

Re: Google Summer of Code 2023

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Post by doytch »

hgsgm wrote: post #30
goy wrote: post #10

Some advices for a first timer? I'm considering sending a proposal to strace but I'm reading some part of the source code, (git-blaming around) but I don't think I understand it enough to modify it ...

You should already be working on a project you care about before you start a proposal.

I disagree. I did GSoC on a project I hadn’t been contributing to beforehand and I still delivered useful changes.

Re: Google Summer of Code 2023

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Post by doytch »

goy wrote: post #10

Some advices for a first timer? I'm considering sending a proposal to strace but I'm reading some part of the source code, (git-blaming around) but I don't think I understand it enough to modify it ...

When have you ever seen a complex, in-production software system and immediately thought “yeah I get this!”?

If you’re anything like me, you’ll have this feeling on every new project and new job you start for a while. I’m in my late thirties and am finally starting to realize that “hey, I have this feeling a lot and it’s always wrong.”

Push through it. Write the proposal. I think the proposal-writing process is the very best aspect of GSoC since it forces you into something that you really don’t tend to do in traditional learning like universities. It forces you to think a bit like a product person even and explain benefits and tradeoffs, backing up your beliefs.

Re: Google Summer of Code 2023

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Post by champtar »

zoobab wrote: post #5

Looking for a student to add OpenWRT packages to OpenSuSE build Service (OBS), so that you can host your own packages: https://projects.freifunk.net/#/projects?project=openwrt_ppa...

OpenWrt packages repo accepts pretty much all open source packages, would love to see efforts directed there to improve the experience.

Re: Google Summer of Code 2023

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Post by em-bee »

hgsgm wrote: post #31
em-bee wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes, the program is now open to anyone. i don't think there are age restrictions. the primary condition is that you are new to FOSS and are not an active contributor already

> the primary condition is that you are new to FOSS and are not an active contributo Why? People who are interested and caring enough to start without getting paid, and who have shown they are more likely to succeed, are the ones who are excluded? That's toxic to FOSS culture.

the point of the program is to attract new contributors, not to reward old ones. how is that toxic?
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