Hi Freenet! Browsing through the Google Summer of Code 2010 list of approved organization one name in particular caught my attention, I'm sure you can guess what this is. "Freenet..." I thought, "Hmm, with a name like that must be sure to do something pretty neat!" I was not let down :)
Censorship has been something that has always been one of the truest evils in my eyes. So when I learned of the Freenet objective, I was pretty excited. This is a project that can really bring the "wide" (as in open) back into the "world wide web." In short, I'd really like to help. People are usually a little apprehensive about installing new applications on their computer, I don't blame them. Who wants to bloat up their computer with useless software (not that freenet falls in this category, but generally many programs do). But a browser-plug in? Sure, why not, one click, I let my browser do it's thing, and poof, I have added functionality to my computer. So I thought, "Why not develop a firefox plug-in that allows users access to a lot of freenet's functionality?" So there it is, there's my idea. I'd like to implement as much of the freenet features as possible as a browser plug-in to firefox. The most important features I'd like to implement are viewing freenet sites, using the email client, and using the message service, although I'd like to get to as many as I can. I'd like to know what Freenet thinks of this idea, and if they think it would be a feasible GSoC project to propose. A little more about me. I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year in pursuit of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (hopefully move on to my master's after). I'm very passionate about software design, especially in the world of open-source (although I believe proprietary software has its place, too). I have some experience with C++ and JavaScript, most of my experience lies with Java, Visual C#, and Visual Basic (I also had 5 semesters of Pascal in high school which helped teach me many fundamental concepts about programming). I'm a quick learner, and self-teacher. Developing software for an open-source project sounds like an ideal summer job to me :) Look forward to hearing back, Kyle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20100325/dba132c1/attachment.html>
