Re: [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call

Re: [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call

[Ira McDonald]

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
>

Re: [Printing-architecture] [Printing-summit] [US Daylight Saving Time] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call

[Ira McDonald]

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
>  >
>



-- 
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

[Printing-architecture] [US Daylight Saving Time] Mon/Tue 10/11 March - TIMES CHANGED FOR THE US - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call

[Till Kamppeter]

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
>>  >
>>
> 
> 
> 

[Printing-architecture] REMINDER: Mon/Tue 10/11 March - Google Summer of Code 2008 -- 2nd Conference Call

[Till Kamppeter]

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
>>  >
>>
> 
> 
> 

[Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation

[Till Kamppeter]

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

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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).

Re: [Printing-architecture] [Lf_driver_backport] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation

[Till Kamppeter]

Jon Masters wrote:
> I'd like to hear from the Linux Foundation whether they want a Real Time
> position too, which I am happy to mentor from my position on the Red Hat
> Realtime kernel team. I've emailed Dan - anyone else I should ping?
>

You do not need to wait for Dan, if you mentor these projects or you 
have mentors for them, go ahead editing our ideas list. Simply add a 
section for "Real Time Linux" or add your proposals to the kernel section.

Please provide me with the Google addresses of the mentors, for example 
by adding them to the project descriptions like I did with the 
OpenPrinting and kernel projects.

> Anyway. For the Driver Backports Workgroup:
> 
> *). Online automated driver update database. 2 positions for developers
> who will work on enhancing the Linux tool "Jockey" and build a third
> party driver update database service. This will allow users of a wide
> variety of Linux systems (several different distributions) to
> automatically retrieve and install updated drivers. The online database
> service will allow driver writers to securely interact, publish their
> driver information, and make it available to users. Some effort will be
> devoted to working with existing projects, such as openprinting.org.

Great. Add this description to the ideas list in a new section for the 
Driver Backports group. Please also tell who will be the mentors and 
what the students should know.

Pitti, would you also do mentoring on this project?

Please make sure that I have the Google addresses of all the mentors.

https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code

    Till

Re: [Printing-architecture] [Lf_driver_backport] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation

[Till Kamppeter]

Jon Masters wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 14:58 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> 
>> *). Online automated driver update database. 2 positions for developers
>> who will work on enhancing the Linux tool "Jockey" and build a third
>> party driver update database service. This will allow users of a wide
>> variety of Linux systems (several different distributions) to
>> automatically retrieve and install updated drivers. The online database
>> service will allow driver writers to securely interact, publish their
>> driver information, and make it available to users. Some effort will be
>> devoted to working with existing projects, such as openprinting.org.
> 
> As we said on the call last week, the main idea here is these folks will
> cleanup and make our initial rough cuts "pretty" and usable for third
> parties - manage accounts, handle secure access to the site, etc.

Perhaps you should add this to the description in the ideas page, too.

    Till

Re: [Printing-architecture] [Lf_driver_backport] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation

[Till Kamppeter]

Jon Masters wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 20:21 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
>> Please make sure that I have the Google addresses of all the mentors.
> 
> Google addresses? Do we need to have a gmail account or something? :)
> 

Yes, Google requires a GMail account from all the mentors.
They will send administrative e-mails to it and probably also e-mails 
which you have to answer to prove your presence. So configure your GMail 
account to forward a copy of each mail to your usual e-mail address, to 
know when Google is sending mail to you.

    Till

Re: [Printing-architecture] [lsb-discuss] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- Finalization of the application of the Linux Foundation

[Till Kamppeter]

Thank you for your suggestions of answers for the application form. I 
will wait a little bit to get some comments, and independent whether I 
get comments and/or further improvements I will submit the application 
(with all improvements up to then) today in the (European) afternoon.

    Till


Jeff Licquia wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure if these changes constitute improvement or not. 
> Feel free to run them by some people, and not use whatever parts are 
> weak (or even none of it).
> 
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>> 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.
> 
>> 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.
> 

[Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- LAST CALL: Submission of the application

[Till Kamppeter]

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.

Re: [Printing-architecture] [lsb-discuss] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- LAST CALL: Submissionof the application

[Till Kamppeter]

Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
>> Ideas list:
>>
>> 1. LSB project proposals removed, Russ has withdrawn his some minutes
>> ago, and George did not post a description.
> 
> I can expand on the dynamic checker stuff as discussed on the email,
> but I'm not that convinced this is a good SoC project either.
>

We can still add project proposals up to the beginning of the student's 
application period, March 24.

>> 3. Describe your organization.
>>
>> The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering
>> the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007
> 
> I tend to mention that it's a successor organization and isn't 
> really "brand new" just a year ago - this work has been going
> on for a long time.  Don't know if that matters for the application
> or not.  I will say for Questions 5/6, just for your information,
> that /FSG/ did apply in a past year, but was not accepted for a
> funded project. It wasn't last year, perhaps the year before.
> 

I could simply say

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.

Questions 5 and 6 I will leave blank.

>> 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
> 
> and specification is GFDL.
> 
> 

GFDL is not in the list of the OSI-conforming licenses:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical

    Till

[Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- APPLICATION SUBMITTED

[Till Kamppeter]

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
================


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 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
------------------


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.

[Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2008 -- THE LINUX FOUNDATION IS ACCEPTED!

[Till Kamppeter]

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