[YLUG] Google Summer of Code - Get Paid to Work on Open Source This Summer

[David Watson]

On 08/04/11 11:08, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Evey year Google run something called the Summer of Code, where they will 
> pay students to work on open-source projects over the Summer holiday.  If 
> you're not currently a student, then I'm afraid that this email is of no 
> use to you.
> 
> There are many (~175) open source projects participating this year, with a 
> full list at 
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2011
> Each project accepts applications from students wanting to work on 
> particular projects, and then the project and Google work out together how 
> many students can be taken on this year.  The student will receive $5000 
> USD upon completion of the project, with the mentoring organisation 
> receiving a further $500.
> 
> I'm involved in FreeBSD, and as a result my interests are a little
> FreeBSD-centric.  While I'd be more than happy to see local people apply
> to work with FreeBSD over the summer, be sure to check out the list if
> there's another mentoring organisation you'd rather be involved with.
> If you are interested in applying for a FreeBSD project, feel free to
> contact me directly or in #freebsd-soc on efnet.  FreeBSD's page is at
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/freebsd 
> 
> Unfortunately, the timing is a little awkward from a UK education
> perspective (we, unlike in the US, have quite a long ungergraduate
> Easter break), but it would be very nice to get more UK undergraduate
> and postgraduate students involved in GSoC.  Also unfortunately, I've
> left it a little late to send this email, and the deadline is the end of
> today :(  There's still time to get a proposal in though.
> 
> Given that the he deadline for applications is rapidly approaching, so
> be sure to take a look at the Google page at
> http://www.google-melange.com/ and the mentoring organisation's project
> ideas, especially FreeBSD's list :).  Also note that many projects will
> accept ideas that are not on their project ideas list, so it's worth
> discussing your project ideas with the mentoring organisation if you
> have an idea that isn't suggested.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gavin
> (gavin at FreeBD.org)

If Gavin is pimping FreeBSD, I should probably also point out that The
Honeynet Project are also participating in GSoC 2011 too, with some of
the mentors/org admins local to York:

http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2011
http://www.honeynet.org/gsoc

Although the time line doesn't align perfectly with UK academic term
dates, we'd also be very happy to hear from local students too. There
are still a few hours to the application deadline, so please do get in
touch if you are interested! :-)

Thanks,

David
-- 
David Watson
UK Honeynet Project
www.ukhoneynet.org
david at honeynet.org.uk