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I was planning to apply to a project under Mozilla and was very surprised too. But I also fully respect Google's decision and let's not take their sponsorship t

by xiaq 12y ago

I was planning to apply to a project under Mozilla and was very surprised too. But I also fully respect Google's decision and let's not take their sponsorship to the open source community as granted. I also wish we could have an alternative SoC organized by a neutral foundation, but it probably won't have as much extra revenue to spend on as Google :)

justincormack 12y ago
There is the European Space Agency's Summer of Code in Space [1]. Not as general, but hey, space is fun! [1] http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis/ http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis/
- xiaq 12y ago
  Thanks for the information! I like how their idea of "space-related open source projects" seems to be pretty liberal; I see octave, among other general scientific computing software, in SoCiS last year. Unfortunately their timeline lags behind GSoC quite a bit (organization application ends at 15 Mar this year), so I am going to apply to GSoC anyway and only use this as a fallback :-|
- Manishearth 12y ago
  This is brilliant. As a physics student who also loves programming and open source, I'm going to share this everywhere :D
  - jordigh 12y ago
    GNU Octave has done SoCiS a few times. And we prefer the synonym "free software" for what we do instead of "open source". If you're into maths and C++ and perhaps Matlab, look for us.
    - Manishearth 12y ago
      I like Octave. I'm a Mathematica user (sorry), but I've used Octave a bit and found it pretty nice :)
      - jordigh 12y ago
        You don't have to apologise to me for using Mathematica. My professional goal is to make sure that you will some day have no need for Mathematica, just like you probably have no need for Internet Explorer in the face of Chrome or Firefox. If my goal hasn't been met yet, it is me who should apologise. I'll keep working towards that goal.
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unhammer 12y ago
Some alternative mentorship programs, possibly too late for projects to apply this year though: * http://semesterofcode.com/ http://semesterofcode.com/ * https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/ https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/
- buovjaga 12y ago
  This one is based in Canada and mentor presence for a code sprint is required: http://ucosp.ca/for-open-source/ http://ucosp.ca/for-open-source/
hackuser 12y ago
> let's not take their sponsorship to the open source community as granted. Let's also not take for granted the massive benefits Google gets from open source. Free platforms on which customers use Google's services, including a free, massive software infrastructure (the Internet and all its protocols, the Web, email, etc.), and free technology for use by Google, such as Linux in their data centers and at the core of Android. Arguably, without FOSS there would be no Internet, no Web, and no Google. This is not a criticism of Google, who seem to appreciate these things and pay it back in many ways. My point is, it's not charity.

by xiaq 12y ago

justincormack 12y ago

There is the European Space Agency's Summer of Code in Space [1]. Not as general, but hey, space is fun! [1] http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis/ http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis/

xiaq 12y ago
Thanks for the information! I like how their idea of "space-related open source projects" seems to be pretty liberal; I see octave, among other general scientific computing software, in SoCiS last year. Unfortunately their timeline lags behind GSoC quite a bit (organization application ends at 15 Mar this year), so I am going to apply to GSoC anyway and only use this as a fallback :-|
Manishearth 12y ago
This is brilliant. As a physics student who also loves programming and open source, I'm going to share this everywhere :D
- jordigh 12y ago
  GNU Octave has done SoCiS a few times. And we prefer the synonym "free software" for what we do instead of "open source". If you're into maths and C++ and perhaps Matlab, look for us.
  - Manishearth 12y ago
    I like Octave. I'm a Mathematica user (sorry), but I've used Octave a bit and found it pretty nice :)
    - jordigh 12y ago
      You don't have to apologise to me for using Mathematica. My professional goal is to make sure that you will some day have no need for Mathematica, just like you probably have no need for Internet Explorer in the face of Chrome or Firefox. If my goal hasn't been met yet, it is me who should apologise. I'll keep working towards that goal.
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unhammer 12y ago

Some alternative mentorship programs, possibly too late for projects to apply this year though: * http://semesterofcode.com/ http://semesterofcode.com/ * https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/ https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/

buovjaga 12y ago
This one is based in Canada and mentor presence for a code sprint is required: http://ucosp.ca/for-open-source/ http://ucosp.ca/for-open-source/

hackuser 12y ago

> let's not take their sponsorship to the open source community as granted. Let's also not take for granted the massive benefits Google gets from open source. Free platforms on which customers use Google's services, including a free, massive software infrastructure (the Internet and all its protocols, the Web, email, etc.), and free technology for use by Google, such as Linux in their data centers and at the core of Android. Arguably, without FOSS there would be no Internet, no Web, and no Google. This is not a criticism of Google, who seem to appreciate these things and pay it back in many ways. My point is, it's not charity.