Google Summer of Code Application 2010 - Revision history

Wiki-Wolf: /* Description (required) */ Fixed correctly

2010-04-06T16:00:25Z

Description (required): Fixed correctly

Wiki-Wolf: /* Description (required) */ non-profit as per Arnulf's instructions

2010-04-06T15:55:24Z

Description (required): non-profit as per Arnulf's instructions

Wiki-Wolf: /* Please select your backup group administrator. */

2010-03-19T05:54:02Z

Please select your backup group administrator.

Wiki-Wolf: /* What is the main development mailing list for your organization? This question will be shown to students who would like to get more information about applying to your organization for GSoC 2010. If your organization uses more than one list, please

2010-03-11T16:14:37Z

/* What is the main development mailing list for your organization? This question will be shown to students who would like to get more information about applying to your organization for GSoC 2010. If your organization uses more than one list, please

Wiki-Wolf: /* Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required) */

2010-03-10T22:53:00Z

Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required)

Wiki-Wolf: /* Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required) */

2010-03-10T22:39:51Z

Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required)

Wiki-HamishBowman: tweak wording

2010-03-09T12:40:57Z

tweak wording

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required) */ tweak

2010-03-09T12:35:52Z

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required): tweak

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required) */ typo

2010-03-09T12:35:09Z

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required): typo

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required) */ backup mentors will be the norm not the exception

2010-03-09T12:34:22Z

What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required): backup mentors will be the norm not the exception

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 ==Description (required)==
-OSGeo is an incorporated non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and 19 (to 24) code projects in particular:
+OSGeo is a non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and 19 (to 24) code projects in particular:
 Web Mapping: '''deegree''', '''GeoServer''', '''Mapbender''', '''MapBuilder''', '''MapFish''', '''MapGuide Open Source''', '''MapServer''', '''OpenLayers'''

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 ==Description (required)==
-OSGeo is an incorporated not-for-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and 19 (to 24) code projects in particular:
+OSGeo is an incorporated non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and 19 (to 24) code projects in particular:
 Web Mapping: '''deegree''', '''GeoServer''', '''Mapbender''', '''MapBuilder''', '''MapFish''', '''MapGuide Open Source''', '''MapServer''', '''OpenLayers'''

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 Backup administrators:
-* Hamish Bowman (melange: hamish.bowman)
+* Hamish Bowman (melange: hamish)
 * Landon Blake (melange: sunburned_surveyor)
 [[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

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 ==What is the main development mailing list for your organization? This question will be shown to students who would like to get more information about applying to your organization for GSoC 2010. If your organization uses more than one list, please make sure to include a description of the list so students know which to use. (required)==
 soc@lists.osgeo.org - For questions about applying and other GSoC questions
 See http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for a full list and descriptions of the OSGeo project mailing lists.

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 ==Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required)==
-We hope to get more students excited about open source geospatial development. This will help to grow the development community and of course tangibly advance particular projects. Additionally by way of the level of exposure that SoC provides we aim to further extend the use, development, and teaching & training of open source GIS at universities worldwide. This will help to prepare a new generation of developers for industry and government agencies capable of introducing and implementing viable open source geospatial technology, to the benefit of all. Last but not least we hope to use this opportunity to bring more open source geospatial projects closer and to communicate more. We are encouraging students to come up with ideas that cross project boundaries, and to find new ways to connect the separate efforts in order to bring out new and perhaps improved wholes.
+We hope to get more students excited about open source geospatial development. This will help to grow the development community and of course tangibly advance particular projects. Additionally by way of the level of exposure that SoC provides we aim to further extend the use, development, and teaching & training of open source GIS at universities worldwide. This will help to prepare a new generation of developers for industry and government agencies capable of introducing and implementing viable open source geospatial technology, to the benefit of all.
 ==Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.==

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 * Member projects specifically use: GPL >=2, LGPL, MIT/X, ...
-GSoC program requires an OSI approved license, but the dropdown only lets you select one. We go with GPL 2 since it seems to be the one mostly used.
+GSoC program requires an OSI approved license, but the dropdown only lets you select one. We go with GPL 2 since it seems to be the one most commonly used.
 ==Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2010? What do you hope to gain by participating? (required)==

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 ==What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors? (required)==
-Project steering committees will appoint replacement mentors if existing mentors become unavailable or unresponsive during the project period. We also plan to have backup mentors for projects so the backup mentor can fill in for, or replace the mentor in case of changing circumstances. Our administrators take an active role communicating with students and mentors, and so will be able to help out early if there is a problem somewhere.
+Project steering committees will appoint replacement mentors if existing mentors become unavailable or unresponsive during the project period. We also plan to have backup mentors for projects so the backup mentor can fill in for, or replace the primary mentor in case of changing circumstances. Our administrators take an active role communicating with students and mentors, and so will be able to help out early if there is a problem somewhere.
 Among all the OSGeo mailing lists there are 14,000 subscribers, indicating a good pool of people to draw from if required. Due to relatively high member project code and personnel cross-over, in a pinch a mentor from another OSGeo project could usefully help out.