[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] The GNU Hurd project has been accepted as a mentoring organization for the [Google Summer of Code 2008](http://code.google.com/soc/2008/hurd/about.html)! If you are a student interested in participating (or just curious), see our list of [[project_ideas]]. Suggestions for other interesting projects are welcome too, of course, so don't hesitate to come up with your own proposals! (You're, however, very much encouraged to [[discuss|communication]] them with us prior to submitting.) The student application period starts Monday, 2008-03-24 and lasts until Monday, 2008-04-07 (has been [extended](http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/browse_thread/thread/9fa88f31aa401f70)). You might want to take a look at the draft for the [[application_template|student_application_form]] to see what is awaiting you. As well, you're encouraged to carefully read through the [GNU guidelines for Summer of Code projects](http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/guidelines.html) before writing and handing in your application. (But keep in mind that these are for a different mentoring organization, so not everything described there applies to us...) And again: [[ask|communication]] if there are questions. Also, if none of the GNU Hurd project proposals appeals to you, feel invited to have a look at the [GNU-wide list](http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas.html). ## History 2006 and 2007 we participated in GSoC under the umbrealla of the GNU project, getting one slot each year.