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Summer of Code'08 Organizations List Announced
kulbirsaini writes "Google has announced the list of accepted organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2008. 'No doubt many would-be Summer of Code students are wondering what their next steps should be. We've changed the program timeline this year, leaving a week in between the announcement of accepted mentoring organizations and opening for student applications. Use this week to meet your potential mentors and discuss your project ideas with them, and keep on eye on the program mailing lists, as we'll post notes about additional resources for learning about our mentoring organizations.'"
mod this -1 troll, please
i have nothing to say, but my parents never taught me that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all, so here i am trolling /. so mod me -1 troll.
The spirit of the GPL is to give back when you make use of the code, right? Since google might use GPL'd code internally they aren't required to disclose their source code modifications to anyone outside, but do they anyway?
I'd venture a guess that there is some very advanced networking code in use at Google, and it was perhaps even built open sourced code! Will the improvements be distributed to the original authors who were nice enough to lay the foundation and give it away? The law may not require the release, but the 'spirit' of the GPL demands it.
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