2009/3/10 Viktor Griph <gr...@dd.chalmers.se>: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Thomas Adam wrote: > >> 2009/3/9 Viktor Griph <gr...@dd.chalmers.se>: >>> >>> I think it would be great if fvwm could apply as a mentoring organization >>> in >>> this year's GSOC. I would be interested in working as a student on fvwm >>> if >>> anyone has the time to mentor me. This will most likely be the last >>> summer >>> I'll be eligible to participate as a student, and I'd really like to work >>> with fvwm full time this summer. >> >> And so to go back to roots... >> >> Assuming no one else on this list objects, I am going to step up to >> this and nominate myself as an official point of contact for this -- >> including writing a proposal for FVWM -- at least I assume that's what >> I would have to do. I actually have the time to devote to this which >> is nice, and something I'd like to do. > > Sounds great. > >> >> Viktor, do you have information I would need to fill out to support >> FVWM's chances for GSOC this year? > > I'm not sure what kind of information you are after. I take it that you have > seen the GSoC FAQ[1].
No -- and this is precisely what I was after. Thanks. I will look at enumerating suggestions by tomorrow -- at least as a step closer to a proper proposal. > The critical point of the application as I see it is to have a backup > administrator, and at least an additional mentor to have some plan on what > to do if you disappear. Other than that most questions should be relativley I hope not to disappear, but that's not quite the point, we still need someone else. No one has piped up yet. :) > straight forward to answer. I'd like all contributions to be licensed GPL2+ > so that any code produced by GSoC can be used both before and after an > upgrade to GPL3 without getting additional permissions from the students. I don't see a problem with that. > We should flesh out a preliminary ideas page and put somewhere on fvwm-web > as well, since that is needed for the application. Yup -- I will distill what's in this thread, email it out first of all, and then throw it in fvwm-web. I best pull my finger out. -- Thomas Adam
