Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

2014-09-13 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 02:32:59PM +0200, Sébastien Wilmet wrote: But it seems logical to me that, for example, the Linux Foundation pays only for the OPWs related to Linux. Why do you say that? There are lots of companies that sponsor OPW kernel interns other than the Linux Foundation,

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

2014-09-13 Thread Sébastien Wilmet
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:22:50AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: The list of sponsors is very public, where have you looked that you have not seen it? Here: https://gnome.org/opw/#sponsors It is not explained which organizations sponsor which projects. Do all organizations sponsor all OPW interns,

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

2014-09-13 Thread Jeff Fortin
Le samedi 13 septembre 2014 à 14:32 +0200, Sébastien Wilmet a écrit : Hello, I know that money and OPW are sensitive topics, but I would like to better understand, and some transparency shouldn't hurt. For each GSoC student, the mentoring organization receives 500$. How is this money

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

2014-09-13 Thread Jeff Fortin
Additional thoughts on what I just said in my previous mail: [...] In theory I don't see a reason why GNOME couldn't store for many years the GNOME project gsoc mentor 500$ stipends it receives, except that in practice they are too little and thus end up being used completely (I think).

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

2014-09-13 Thread Germán Poo-Caamaño
On Sat, 2014-09-13 at 08:54 -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 05:44:49PM +0200, Sébastien Wilmet wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:22:50AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: The list of sponsors is very public, where have you looked that you have not seen it? Here: