Re: [oic] Google Summer of Code

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

<oic@lists.oasis-open.org> wrote on 02/20/2013
10:30:05 AM:

> 
>  On today's call, I mentioned the Google Summer of Code as a
possible way of
> obtaining student involvement in something to do with OIC/ODF.
> 
> Here is the site: 
> <http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013>.
> 
> GSoC 2013 is kicking off now.  There is an useful FAQ.  Generally,
OIC
> doesn't qualify as a mentoring organization although it might be qualified
> anyhow for test cases under an open-source or open document (i.e.,
CC By)
> license.  The other problem is that the OIC is too small to provide
the
> required resources.  
> 

I mentored a GSoC student in the Apache ODF Toolkit
project last year.  I'm on the mailing list that Google has for mentors
and there was a discussion a month ago or about what kinds of projects
qualify.  They really want it to involve coding.  So testing,
documentation, design projects are generally not eligible.  There
was a long discussion about whether CSS qualifies as "coding"
or not.  I think the consensus was generally that it did not.

So manually creating test cases for ODF would likely
not qualify.  *But*, writing a program to generate test cases might
be fine.   In fact this could possibly even be a fix for the ODF Toolkit
project.

-Rob

> It is still worth looking at.  It would
be interesting if there was more
> than one TC that could combine efforts with OASIS as the "mentoring
> organization."  I suspect that the timeline is too short
to be starting
> something like that for the first time at OASIS.
> 
> (The Apache Software Foundation does this, with mentoring proposals
coming
> from their individual projects.  The ASF is an experienced mentoring
> organization and participated in 2012 and 2011.  I don't recall
whether The
> Document Foundation has participated, although I think they may have.)
> 
> Wow, the Student stipend is $5000 USD.  I suppose my registration
in on-line
> Coursera/Udacity courses won't qualify me as a student :(. 
> 
>  - Dennis
> 
> There was also a Google Code-In for teen-agers in 2012.  If there
is one
> this year it will probably start in November.  In this case,
the tasks are
> small and do extend to contributions to documentation, quality assurance,
> etc.
> <http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/
> about_page>
>  
>  
> 
> 
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