On 200707311150, Michael Heath wrote: > I don't think so. Google's SoC is designed to help finance one student to > work on a specific task within a project. With a Hurd-specific fund, you > would be able to to choose specifically where to spend the money for it to > be the most beneficial to the Hurd. You'd also be able to finance work by > developers who may not be elligible for SoC. It's a completely different > system.
I agree. If the Hurd wants a kick start towards the end of some of the goals that are stated -- update glue code, migrate microkernel, make software package $x compatible with the Hurd (or the reverse), implement this and that netfs translator, and so on -- paid work would be justified. Especially if the FSF or GNU itself will take earmarked donations and hold them till either used or decidedly returned to donors. I also agree, that Summer of Code is something different. It's aimed at smaller projects that fit within the timeframe of one person*summer. Here we're (rms is) talking about 6 person*months, and projects that don't need to achieve a stated goal completely. After all, there isn't so much work that needs to be done, in order for the Hurd to be a satisfactory standin for Linux. This amount of work could well do some significant change, in this respect. Seen from my chair, that is. Regards, skrewz.
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