On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:42:31 PM BRST Lasse Schuirmann wrote: > 2016-02-10 17:37 GMT+01:00 Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>: > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:19:39 PM BRST Lasse Schuirmann wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> so if you apply under GNOME that is totally fine but speaking formally > >> the requirement would be that any projects must be "GNOME related" > >> while that isn't exactly clearly defined. > >> > >> Making a pro/con list for you, those facts apply if you are under the > >> GNOME umbrella: > >> > >> 1. You need to sync up with us ASAP! > >> 2. Project ideas must be GNOME related. > >> 3. The GNOME administrators have the final word in which projects get > >> accepted, of course. > >> 4. Your students will be funded to join us at GUADEC, your mentors > >> might get funding too but maybe not full funding. > >> 5. You won't get the organization money as google's travel allowance > >> doesn't scale for big organizations and the money will be needed for > >> GUADEC. > > > > That's totally cool, it is the 2/3 which is a bit extreme - in the sense > > that we might have people who want to do things not per-se GNOME related. > > If that isn't allowed I think we'd rather try and do this alone or under > > another organization which is a tad more flexible, eg openSUSE... I still > > would love to do the GNOME integration projects, though, and if ownCloud > > wouldn't get in at GSOC perhaps they can simply be done under GNOME. > > 3. is solely from the technical POV. If GNOME is your umbrella of > course GNOME can decide to give you less slots. You will have that > with every umbrella. I can't really say how strict the 2. restriction > is applied, I've never had a problem with that with coala so far > though I tried to tweak the projects in the GNOME direction. > > My recommendation: just try to apply *and* sync up with us. If the > application gets rejected you can still at least do GNOME related > projects under the GNOME umbrella.
That seems a great plan. > > What do others think? > > > >> So much for the short overview - what do you want? You better decide > >> fast so everything can set up properly. I'm happy to assist you in any > >> step you take (including if you want to be an own org) with my limited > >> available time though. > >> > >> Lasse > >> > >> 2016-02-10 16:46 GMT+01:00 Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>: > >> > Hi all! > >> > > >> > If we want to join GSOC this year, we have to get moving. On the wiki > >> > [1] we have a page with notes on collaborating with GNOME, something > >> > which is a great idea and I'd love to hear an update on that and how > >> > we'd do it - as part of the GNOME organization, I guess? > >> > > >> > That works for me. We can also apply separately. In any case, we have > >> > some ideas up, we do still need mentors and, of course, students. > >> > > >> > Also, if we participate as part of the GNOME organization, I'd like to > >> > make sure we can also have some pure-ownCloud slots, things which aren't > >> > per-se about integration with the desktop! > >> > > >> > Lasse, what do you think, can we join GNOME or should I apply separately? > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Jos > >> > > >> > [1] https://github.com/owncloud/core/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code > >> > > >
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