* [Printing-architecture] [US Daylight Saving Time] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - TIMES CHANGED FOR THE US - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call
2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
@ 2008-03-07 16:26 ` Till Kamppeter
2008-03-10 15:43 ` [Printing-architecture] REMINDER: Mon/Tue 10/11 March " Till Kamppeter
` (4 subsequent siblings)
5 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-07 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald
Cc: lsb-discuss, Jim Zemlin, webdevel, Dan Kohn,
Linux Foundation Staff,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
printing-architecture, lf_driver_backport
Hi,
for our second preparation phone meeting for the application of the
Linux Foundation at the Google Summer of Code 2008 there are time
changes for everyone calling in from the US (or any other country which
switches to daylight saving time this weekend):
- Monday 10 March 2008, Evening
- US (Daylight saving time)
4pm in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
5pm in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
6pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
7pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Tuesday 11 March 2008, Morning
- Europe (Standard time)
12am in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)
- Japan
8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)
Call in number: +1-641-715-3200
Access code: 811552#
Meet you all on Monday/Tuesday!
Till
Ira McDonald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately, the US changes to summer time (Daylight Savings Time)
> this Sunday 9 March.
>
> Till - which hour will our GSoC teleconference be next week?
>
> (Note that the US OP steering committee times *move* twice a year
> to keep to the invariant Japanese Standard Time - I suggest we do
> this next week.)
>
> Cheers,
> - Ira
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Changed title to make the time obvious
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Ira
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
>> Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG
>> Blue Roof Music/High North Inc
>> email: blueroofmusic@gmail.com
>> winter:
>> 579 Park Place Saline, MI 48176
>> 734-944-0094
>> summer:
>> PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
>> 906-494-2434
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > let's have the second conference call to prepare the Linux Foundation's
>> > application on MONDAY, March 10 (Tuesday March 11 in Japan):
>> >
>> > - Monday 10 March 2008, Evening
>> > - US
>> > 3pm in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
>> > 4pm in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
>> > 5pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
>> > 6pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
>> >
>> > - Tuesday 11 March 2008, Morning
>> > - Europe
>> > 12am in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)
>> > - Japan
>> > 8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)
>> >
>> > Call in number: +1-641-715-3200
>> > Access code: 811552#
>> >
>> > Please do not forget to add your project ideas and descriptions to
>> >
>> > https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> >
>> > Till
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Printing-summit mailing list
>> > Printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org
>> > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-summit
>> >
>>
>
>
>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread* [Printing-architecture] REMINDER: Mon/Tue 10/11 March - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call
2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
2008-03-07 16:26 ` [Printing-architecture] [US Daylight Saving Time] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - TIMES CHANGED FOR THE US " Till Kamppeter
@ 2008-03-10 15:43 ` Till Kamppeter
2008-03-10 18:28 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation Till Kamppeter
` (3 subsequent siblings)
5 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-10 15:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald, printing-architecture,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
lsb-discuss, lf_driver_backport, Linux Foundation Staff, webdevel,
Jim Zemlin, Dan Kohn, Markus Rex
Hi,
today in the afternoon for the US and tomorrow, Tuesday in the morning
for Japan our second preparation phone meeting for the application of
the Linux Foundation at the Google Summer of Code 2008 will happen. If
you are in the US, please note the time changes because of the daylight
saving time which started yesterday.
Here are the exact hours:
- Monday 10 March 2008, Evening
- US (Daylight saving time)
4pm in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
5pm in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
6pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
7pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Tuesday 11 March 2008, Morning
- Europe (Standard time)
12am in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)
- Japan
8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)
Call in number: +1-641-715-3200
Access code: 811552#
Agenda will be the completion of the application form (I will post its
state in another mail) and also the ideas list, who will do the
mentoring, ...
Tomorrow I will finalize the form and the ideas list and do the
submission of our application.
Till
Ira McDonald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately, the US changes to summer time (Daylight Savings Time)
> this Sunday 9 March.
>
> Till - which hour will our GSoC teleconference be next week?
>
> (Note that the US OP steering committee times *move* twice a year
> to keep to the invariant Japanese Standard Time - I suggest we do
> this next week.)
>
> Cheers,
> - Ira
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Changed title to make the time obvious
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Ira
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
>> Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG
>> Blue Roof Music/High North Inc
>> email: blueroofmusic@gmail.com
>> winter:
>> 579 Park Place Saline, MI 48176
>> 734-944-0094
>> summer:
>> PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
>> 906-494-2434
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > let's have the second conference call to prepare the Linux Foundation's
>> > application on MONDAY, March 10 (Tuesday March 11 in Japan):
>> >
>> > - Monday 10 March 2008, Evening
>> > - US
>> > 3pm in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
>> > 4pm in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
>> > 5pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
>> > 6pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
>> >
>> > - Tuesday 11 March 2008, Morning
>> > - Europe
>> > 12am in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)
>> > - Japan
>> > 8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)
>> >
>> > Call in number: +1-641-715-3200
>> > Access code: 811552#
>> >
>> > Please do not forget to add your project ideas and descriptions to
>> >
>> > https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
>> >
>> > Till
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Printing-summit mailing list
>> > Printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org
>> > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-summit
>> >
>>
>
>
>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread* [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation
2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
2008-03-07 16:26 ` [Printing-architecture] [US Daylight Saving Time] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - TIMES CHANGED FOR THE US " Till Kamppeter
2008-03-10 15:43 ` [Printing-architecture] REMINDER: Mon/Tue 10/11 March " Till Kamppeter
@ 2008-03-10 18:28 ` Till Kamppeter
[not found] ` <1205175495.27299.36.camel@perihelion>
[not found] ` <47D5D9B3.80307@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-11 15:37 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- LAST CALL: Submission of the application Till Kamppeter
` (2 subsequent siblings)
5 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-10 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald, printing-architecture,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
lsb-discuss, lf_driver_backport, Linux Foundation Staff, webdevel,
Jim Zemlin, Dan Kohn, Markus Rex
Hi,
tomorrow I will submit the application for the participation of the
Linux Foundation as mentoring organization to Google. To finalize the
application I ask everyone to review the ideas list
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
and the application form (below you can see the questions and what we
intend to fill in). Please answer this mail with your ideas, proposals,
and corrections and/or edit the ideas list which is a Wiki page.
We will also discuss the application on the phone today (Tuesday morning
in Japan). See the separate e-mail.
Also anyone volunteering as mentor is welcome, see especially the "TBD"s
in the ideas list. Please tell your Google user name/GMail address if
you want to mentor, and naturally for which student projects you want to
mentor (if it is not in the ideas list, add it).
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Till
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
APPLICATION FORM
================
About Your Organization
-----------------------
1. What is your Organization's Name?
The Linux Foundation
2. What is your Organization's Homepage?
http://www.linux-foundation.org/
3. Describe your organization.
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering
the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the LF sponsors the work of Linux
creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source
companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation
promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified
resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete
with closed platforms.
The open source model has transformed software development by providing
faster demand-side learning, higher quality, better security, shorter
development cycles, and lower prices than closed platform development
models.
For Linux to remain open and attain the greatest ubiquity possible,
important services must be provided, including legal protection,
standardization, promotion and collaboration. The Linux Foundation has
been founded to help close the gap between open source and proprietary
platforms, while sustaining the openness, freedom of choice and
technical superiority inherent in open source software.
The Linux Foundation does not build Linux, nor does it compete with
existing Linux companies. Rather it fosters the growth of Linux by
focusing on the following areas:
* Protecting Linux by sponsoring key Linux developers and providing
legal services
It’s vitally important that Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other key
kernel developers remain independent. The Linux Foundation sponsors them
so they can work full time on improving Linux. The Linux Foundation also
manages the Linux trademark and offers developers legal intellectual
property protection through such initiatives as the Open Source as Prior
Art project, the Patent Commons Project, and sponsorship of the Linux
Legal Defense Fund.
* Standardizing Linux and improving it as a platform for software
development
A platform is only as strong as the applications that support it. The
Linux Foundation offers application developers standardization services
and support that make Linux an attractive target for their development
efforts. These include the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and the Linux
Developer Network. All major Linux distributions comply with the LSB.
* Providing a neutral forum for Collaboration and Promotion
The Linux Foundation serves as a neutral spokesperson to advance the
interests of Linux and respond with authority to competitors’ attacks.
It also fosters innovation by hosting collaboration events among the
Linux technical community, application developers, industry and end
users to solve pressing issues facing the Linux ecosystem in such areas
as desktop interfaces, accessibility, printing, application packaging,
and many others.
4. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2008? What
do you hope to gain by participating?
We want to get complete implementations of OpenPrinting API modules into
the common Linux distributions in order to add them to the Linux
Standard Base (LSB) in one of the upcoming releases. We also want to get
things implemented which we have worked out in the last Printing Summits.
We want to get the developer and user tools for the LSB improved, with a
focus on printing, so that the LSB gets more adopted by ISVs and
hardware vendors.
We hope to help students become new contributors to the kernel project
and in the process give them better understanding of Linux kernel
internals and how the development process works.
5. Did your organization participate in previous GSoC years? If so,
please summarize your involvement and the successes and failures of your
student projects. (optional)
No, we did not participate.
6. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have
you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? (optional)
No, this is our first application.
7. What license does your project use?
All the work produced by the Linux Foundation is free software according
to the OSI definitions, but there is no requirement for a specific
license. The licenses are selected depending on what is most suitable
for each individual project.
*LSB: mostly GPL, some tools Artistic
*PAPI: CDDL
*JTAPI: MIT
*CUPS filters: GPL
*Foomatic (including web software): GPL
*Kernel: GPL
8. URL for your ideas page
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
9. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
LSB: lsb-discuss Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lsb-discuss
OpenPrinting: printing-architecture Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture
Kernel: http://kernelnewbies.org/MailingList
10. Where is the main IRC channel for your organization?
For LSB work: irc://irc.freestandards.org/#lsb is being used.
For Kernel work: http://kernelnewbies.org/IRC
OpenPrinting is not using IRC currently.
11. Does your organization have an application template you would like
to see students use? If so, please provide it now. (optional)
12. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please enter
their Google Account address. We will email them to confirm, your
organization will not become active until they respond. (optional)
jeff.licquia@gmail.com
About Your Mentors
------------------
1. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors?
Please be as specific as possible.
We selected the principal editors/developers of the Linux Foundation
working groups or free software project where the proposed student
projects are part of. Very important is also that the mentors are coding
on things similar to what the student is supposed to do and that they
are not only designers or managers.
2. Who will your mentors be? Please enter their Google Account address
separated by commas. If your organization is accepted we will email each
mentor to invite them to take part. (optional)
till.kamppeter@gmail.com, HinTak.Leung@gmail.com,
josef.spillner@googlemail.com, riddell@gmail.com, penberg@gmail.com
About The Program
-----------------
1. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
We will transition their work-in-progress to a caretaker (i.e., the
appropriate mentor)
2. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
We will transition their mentor role to another active member of
appropriate Linux Foundation working group
3. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your
project's community before, during and after the program?
We hold several conferences and meetings throughout the year: Linux
Foundation Collaboration Summit, Linux Foundation Japan Symposium, LSB
Face-to-Face, OpenPrinting Summit, Desktop Architects Meeting, ... We
will attend other Linux professional conferences and shows as time and
funding permits.
4. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the
project after GSoC concludes?
Try to involve the students in ongoing activities of the Linux
Foundation (invite them to upcoming conferences, get them being part of
a working group of the Linux Foundation, let them mentor other students
in next year's Google Summer of Code).
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2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2008-03-10 18:28 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation Till Kamppeter
@ 2008-03-11 15:37 ` Till Kamppeter
[not found] ` <3F62CBEE02D6404E98C65934617EB58203F137EC@fmsmsx414.amr.corp.intel.com>
2008-03-11 16:49 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- APPLICATION SUBMITTED Till Kamppeter
2008-03-18 16:46 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- THE LINUX FOUNDATION IS ACCEPTED! Till Kamppeter
5 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-11 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald, printing-architecture,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
lsb-discuss, lf_driver_backport, Linux Foundation Staff, webdevel,
Jim Zemlin, Dan Kohn, Markus Rex, Amanda McPherson
Hi,
in 15-20 minutes I will finally submit our application. If you have
anything urgent to change, please tell me immediately. Have special
attention to my changes after the conference call yesterday (today in
the morning in Japan):
Ideas list:
1. LSB project proposals removed, Russ has withdrawn his some minutes
ago, and George did not post a description.
Application form:
1. Description of the Linux foundation (question 3 in first section)
shortened
2. Answers to the question 4 in the first section and questions 3 and 4
in the last section improved by Jeff Licquia
See the up-to date Ideas List here:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
See the final Application Form below this e-mail.
Till
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
APPLICATION FORM
================
About Your Organization
-----------------------
1. What is your Organization's Name?
The Linux Foundation
2. What is your Organization's Homepage?
http://www.linux-foundation.org/
3. Describe your organization.
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering
the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the LF sponsors the work of Linux
creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source
companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation
promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified
resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete
with closed platforms.
More: https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/About
<!--The open source model has transformed software development by
providing faster demand-side learning, higher quality, better security,
shorter development cycles, and lower prices than closed platform
development models.
For Linux to remain open and attain the greatest ubiquity possible,
important services must be provided, including legal protection,
standardization, promotion and collaboration. The Linux Foundation has
been founded to help close the gap between open source and proprietary
platforms, while sustaining the openness, freedom of choice and
technical superiority inherent in open source software.
The Linux Foundation does not build Linux, nor does it compete with
existing Linux companies. Rather it fosters the growth of Linux by
focusing on the following areas:
* Protecting Linux by sponsoring key Linux developers and providing
legal services
It’s vitally important that Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other key
kernel developers remain independent. The Linux Foundation sponsors them
so they can work full time on improving Linux. The Linux Foundation also
manages the Linux trademark and offers developers legal intellectual
property protection through such initiatives as the Open Source as Prior
Art project, the Patent Commons Project, and sponsorship of the Linux
Legal Defense Fund.
* Standardizing Linux and improving it as a platform for software
development
A platform is only as strong as the applications that support it. The
Linux Foundation offers application developers standardization services
and support that make Linux an attractive target for their development
efforts. These include the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and the Linux
Developer Network. All major Linux distributions comply with the LSB.
* Providing a neutral forum for Collaboration and Promotion
The Linux Foundation serves as a neutral spokesperson to advance the
interests of Linux and respond with authority to competitors’ attacks.
It also fosters innovation by hosting collaboration events among the
Linux technical community, application developers, industry and end
users to solve pressing issues facing the Linux ecosystem in such areas
as desktop interfaces, accessibility, printing, application packaging,
and many others.-->
4. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2008? What
do you hope to gain by participating?
Our goals are twofold: to meet specific technical goals, and to gain new
members of our community (and the open-source community, by extension).
For both printing and kernel work, having a specific goal and a mentor
are important in penetrating areas which can be more complex than some
other projects. And none of the projects in question are "filler"; each
will provide a very specific, in-demand benefit.
<!--We want to get complete implementations of OpenPrinting API modules
into the common Linux distributions in order to add them to the Linux
Standard Base (LSB) in one of the upcoming releases. We also want to get
things implemented which we have worked out in the last Printing Summits.
We want to get the developer and user tools for the LSB improved, with a
focus on printing, so that the LSB gets more adopted by ISVs and
hardware vendors.
We hope to help students become new contributors to the kernel project
and in the process give them better understanding of Linux kernel
internals and how the development process works.-->
5. Did your organization participate in previous GSoC years? If so,
please summarize your involvement and the successes and failures of your
student projects. (optional)
No, we did not participate.
6. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have
you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? (optional)
No, this is our first application.
7. What license does your project use?
All the work produced by the Linux Foundation is free software according
to the OSI definitions, but there is no requirement for a specific
license. The licenses are selected depending on what is most suitable
for each individual project.
*LSB: mostly GPL, some tools Artistic
*PAPI: CDDL
*JTAPI: MIT
*CUPS filters: GPL
*Foomatic (including web software): GPL
*Kernel: GPL
8. URL for your ideas page
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
9. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
LSB: lsb-discuss Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lsb-discuss
OpenPrinting: printing-architecture Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture
Kernel: http://kernelnewbies.org/MailingList
Driver Backport: Lf_driver_backport Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/Lf_driver_backport
10. Where is the main IRC channel for your organization?
For LSB work: irc://irc.freestandards.org/#lsb is being used.
For Kernel work: http://kernelnewbies.org/IRC
OpenPrinting is not using IRC currently.
11. Does your organization have an application template you would like
to see students use? If so, please provide it now. (optional)
12. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please enter
their Google Account address. We will email them to confirm, your
organization will not become active until they respond. (optional)
jeff.licquia@gmail.com
About Your Mentors
------------------
1. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors?
Please be as specific as possible.
We selected the principal editors/developers of the Linux Foundation
working groups or free software project where the proposed student
projects are part of. Very important is also that the mentors are coding
on things similar to what the student is supposed to do and that they
are not only designers or managers.
2. Who will your mentors be? Please enter their Google Account address
separated by commas. If your organization is accepted we will email each
mentor to invite them to take part. (optional)
till.kamppeter@gmail.com, HinTak.Leung@gmail.com,
josef.spillner@googlemail.com, riddell@gmail.com, penberg@gmail.com,
jonmasters@gmail.com
About The Program
-----------------
1. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
If possible (early enough) we would like to replace the disappearing
student by another one. Otherwise, we will transition their
work-in-progress to a caretaker (i.e., the appropriate mentor).
2. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
We will transition their mentor role to another active member of the
appropriate Linux Foundation working group.
3. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your
project's community before, during and after the program?
Each of the projects has methods for community interaction, whether
through conference calls, IRC, or face-to-face meetings. To the extent
possible, we intend to give our students time to report on their
project, both in the progress they make and in the things they learn.
Invitations to these events will be given at the earliest opportunity.
Some of the projects may take more time than just the summer, or may
involve integration work after the project is complete. Even if the
project is done, we will work to keep the student involved in the
integration process. And we hope to suggest other ways the student can
participate that mesh well with their strengths once this project is done.
4. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the
project after GSoC concludes?
We will gauge each student's progress, and suggest other projects they
may wish to work on after their summer project is done.
Integration with the main upstream projects will likely be an important
part of the task. Our students will be encouraged to take part in that
process, and not just "throw the patch over the wall".
Occasionally, other internships and even contracting jobs can come up.
In these cases, previous participants in GSoC who have continued to
participate in their respective projects may find themselves with job
opportunities, either within a Linux Foundation workgroup or in the
general community.
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2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
` (3 preceding siblings ...)
2008-03-11 15:37 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- LAST CALL: Submission of the application Till Kamppeter
@ 2008-03-11 16:49 ` Till Kamppeter
2008-03-18 16:46 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- THE LINUX FOUNDATION IS ACCEPTED! Till Kamppeter
5 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-11 16:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald, printing-architecture,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
lsb-discuss, lf_driver_backport, Linux Foundation Staff, webdevel,
Jim Zemlin, Dan Kohn, Markus Rex, Amanda McPherson
Hi,
thanks everyone for your cooperation on the application of the Linux
Foundation to participate in the Google Summer of Code.
I have submitted our application now. Google will decide on which
mentoring organizations will participate until March 17, ~12 noon
PDT/19:00 UTC and publish the list of mentoring organizations on
http://code.google.com/soc/
This does not mean that we cannot accept ideas for student projects any
more. If you still have ideas, please add them before the student's
application period starts (March 24).
If you are a mentor or backup admin, check your Google account regularly
or let it forward your mail to your usual mail address. There can be
e-mails which you are required to answer to validate the application.
Note also that as soon as our participation gets published (March 17)
that students will find our project ideas list via the GSoC web site and
so students will ask questions on the mailing lists or on IRC. Or they
will contact mentors via their Google accounts. Please answer the
student's questions to not loose potential candidates for your
project/workgroup.
I will forward student applications to the appropriate mentors or
workgroups as soon as they roll in.
Till
Our ideas list:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
Our submitted application:
APPLICATION FORM
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About Your Organization
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1. What is your Organization's Name?
The Linux Foundation
2. What is your Organization's Homepage?
http://www.linux-foundation.org/
3. Describe your organization.
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering
the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007 as a merger of the former Free
Standards Group (FSG) and the former Open Source Developer Lab (OSDL),
the LF sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is
supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from
around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and
standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed
for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.
More: https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/About
4. Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2008? What
do you hope to gain by participating?
Our goals are twofold: to meet specific technical goals, and to gain new
members of our community (and the open-source community, by extension).
For both printing and kernel work, having a specific goal and a mentor
are important in penetrating areas which can be more complex than some
other projects. And none of the projects in question are "filler"; each
will provide a very specific, in-demand benefit.
5. Did your organization participate in previous GSoC years? If so,
please summarize your involvement and the successes and failures of your
student projects. (optional)
No, we did not participate.
6. If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have
you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)? (optional)
No, this is our first application.
7. What license does your project use?
All the work produced by the Linux Foundation is free software according
to the OSI definitions, but there is no requirement for a specific
license. The licenses are selected depending on what is most suitable
for each individual project.
*LSB: mostly GPL, some tools Artistic
*PAPI: CDDL
*JTAPI: MIT
*CUPS filters: GPL
*Foomatic (including web software): GPL
*Kernel: GPL
8. URL for your ideas page
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
9. What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
LSB: lsb-discuss Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lsb-discuss
OpenPrinting: printing-architecture Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture
Kernel: http://kernelnewbies.org/MailingList
Driver Backport: Lf_driver_backport Mailing List,
http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/Lf_driver_backport
10. Where is the main IRC channel for your organization?
For LSB work: irc://irc.freestandards.org/#lsb is being used.
For Kernel work: http://kernelnewbies.org/IRC
OpenPrinting is not using IRC currently.
11. Does your organization have an application template you would like
to see students use? If so, please provide it now. (optional)
12. Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please enter
their Google Account address. We will email them to confirm, your
organization will not become active until they respond. (optional)
jeff.licquia@gmail.com
About Your Mentors
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1. What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors?
Please be as specific as possible.
We selected the principal editors/developers of the Linux Foundation
working groups or free software project where the proposed student
projects are part of. Very important is also that the mentors are coding
on things similar to what the student is supposed to do and that they
are not only designers or managers.
2. Who will your mentors be? Please enter their Google Account address
separated by commas. If your organization is accepted we will email each
mentor to invite them to take part. (optional)
till.kamppeter@gmail.com, HinTak.Leung@gmail.com,
josef.spillner@googlemail.com, riddell@gmail.com, penberg@gmail.com,
jonmasters@gmail.com
About The Program
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1. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
If possible (early enough) we would like to replace the disappearing
student by another one. Otherwise, we will transition their
work-in-progress to a caretaker (i.e., the appropriate mentor).
2. What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
We will transition their mentor role to another active member of the
appropriate Linux Foundation working group.
3. What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your
project's community before, during and after the program?
Each of the projects has methods for community interaction, whether
through conference calls, IRC, or face-to-face meetings. To the extent
possible, we intend to give our students time to report on their
project, both in the progress they make and in the things they learn.
Invitations to these events will be given at the earliest opportunity.
Some of the projects may take more time than just the summer, or may
involve integration work after the project is complete. Even if the
project is done, we will work to keep the student involved in the
integration process. And we hope to suggest other ways the student can
participate that mesh well with their strengths once this project is done.
4. What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with the
project after GSoC concludes?
We will gauge each student's progress, and suggest other projects they
may wish to work on after their summer project is done.
Integration with the main upstream projects will likely be an important
part of the task. Our students will be encouraged to take part in that
process, and not just "throw the patch over the wall".
Occasionally, other internships and even contracting jobs can come up.
In these cases, previous participants in GSoC who have continued to
participate in their respective projects may find themselves with job
opportunities, either within a Linux Foundation workgroup or in the
general community.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread* [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- THE LINUX FOUNDATION IS ACCEPTED!
2008-03-06 21:12 ` [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] " Ira McDonald
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2008-03-11 16:49 ` [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- APPLICATION SUBMITTED Till Kamppeter
@ 2008-03-18 16:46 ` Till Kamppeter
5 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Till Kamppeter @ 2008-03-18 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ira McDonald, printing-architecture,
printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan,
lsb-discuss, lf_driver_backport, Linux Foundation Staff, webdevel,
Jim Zemlin, Dan Kohn, Markus Rex, Amanda McPherson, Pekka Enberg,
Linus Torvalds, Rik van Riel, Casey Schaufler
Hi,
thanks to all of you for supporting the application of the Linux
Foundation as mentoring organization at the Google Summer of Code. Our
application was accepted [1].
Now our next step is to find students to work on our projects [2]. So it
is important to advertise for our projects which we offer as student's
projects on the Google Summer of Code. Please put up appropriate news
entries on your project web sites, post in appropriate forums and on
mailing lists, advertise in universities, ...
Amanda, can you put out a press release quickly?
The application period for students is March 24-31, so any marketing for
our GSoC projects has to be done quickly.
Till
[1] http://code.google.com/soc/2008/linux/about.html
[2] https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code
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