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> But I |
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> sincerely think the main goal of Summer of Code is to allow new people |
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> to enter the scene of Free Software, to understand how Free Software |
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> projects work and so on. |
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it's not just what you "sincerely think"! I most certainly think, you have |
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a valid point. |
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from http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_goals: |
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Google Summer of Code has several goals: |
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- Get more open source code created and released for the benefit of all; |
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- Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source |
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development; |
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- Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers and |
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committers; |
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- Provide students in Computer Science and related fields the |
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opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during the |
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summer (think "flip bits, not burgers"); |
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- Give students more exposure to real-world software development |
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scenarios (e.g., distributed development, software licensing |
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questions, mailing-list etiquette). |
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kind regards |
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Thilo |
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