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Summer of Code 2006 is On

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the go-make-a-name dept.

chrisd writes "The Summer of Code is officially on again this year. As of today, we're taking in applications from mentoring organizations, so watch that list of mentoring organizations grow! Then, starting May 1st, we'll start taking student applications. We've prepared two FAQs, one for Mentors and one for Students. We've also have created an IRC channel and Google Group for you. The website for the Summer of Code can be found at http://code.google.com/soc/."

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  1. Oh so close... by masterzora · · Score: 3, Interesting
    This is something I was hoping to do. Certainly better pay and more fun than my current job! Unfortunately, I fall short on a _single_ eligibility requirement: age.

    Oh well, there's always next year.

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    Remember, open source is free as in speech, not free as in bear.
  2. Re:What happened to all last years projects? by Sdoh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Happened to work with one of the products of last "Summer of Code" (no fingerpointing). Raw, unfinished, bad coding, no docs. Ended up delegating it to one of my friends in one of the 3rd world country. He wrote it from scratch in 4 weeks for $300.

    I guess the value of "Summer of Code" is mostly educational.