Dale Beams wrote: > On a side note, how does GSOC work. As a business owner who enjoys > making panoramas as a hobby and a way of escaping work, I'd be > interested in sponsoring in a some (codeless) way something similar > to GSOC for projects as those mentioned above. Bounties, etc, > whatever one may call it.
GSoC brings together a student, a mentor, some money (most of it for the student) and a fun framework to get things done. It is slightly different than pure bounties. A pure bounty is simple: you give the money, you set the objective, whoever picks the challenge has to meet your requirement on their own and how they do it is their business. GSoC: Google selects mentoring organizations who recruit students. students and or mentoring organizations set the objective (the most interesting projects are coming from the students). Google sets a budget of slots for each organization and the organizations rank their projects. Those that get a slot go ahead. Students have a set time framework to complete the work. mentors help and judge. if judgmentis positive, Google gives most of the money to the student and a token to the mentoring organization. Another alternative that I've seen on the net: developer set an objective and a price tag. people pitch in donations until the price tag is attained. I appreciate your generosity. If you want to be more specific about what you'd like to see done, and about your budget, we may join forces. hugin should receive 2500$ from Google soon. Last year we simply split that money amongst mentors - we were all too tired to do anything else, and as mentors have volunteered their time, they also deserve a little compensation. this year we may discuss to use it as a bounty or as a prize. also last year and this year i organized for a pano head manufacturer to sponsor both students and mentors with an additional gift. last year it was just a gift. this year we made it an "extra bonus" for the students to integrate their code, and this is why 0.8.0 is coming along so fast. yuv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
