From ea716c653fd6daf08c77e06f433b90e80922ec91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antrik Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:08:38 +0100 Subject: gsoc/organisation_application: completely new take on focused work aspect --- community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn b/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn index a376ffaa..f2910d0b 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/organization_application.mdwn @@ -73,11 +73,15 @@ GNU General Public License (GPL) The primary goal of course is to find and introduce new long-term contributors to the project. -Aside from that, it is a way to make progress with tasks that require an amount of -focused work, that is hard to do for volunteers working in their spare time -only. - -Also, the Google Summer of Code is a good opportunity to get valuable input from new people, as well as +The mentor-student setup, together with the period of focused work during the +summer session, also offer a unique opportunity for kick-starting innovative +new projects apart from mainline development, which are hard to fit in among +the normal day-to-day development work. This is particularily important for the +Hurd, as innovative uses are crucial to show the benefits of the unique +architecture. Several such projects came into being through the GSoC program +over the past years. + +Moreover, the Google Summer of Code is a good opportunity to get valuable input from new people, as well as spreading technical and other knowledge about the Hurd among actual and potential contributors. -- cgit v1.2.3