Hello, On 29.10.2012 04:00, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Last year we did not apply because there were legal issues surrounding > finding someone at Canonical to grant Luke Faraone permission to act as > Org Admin and enter into a agreement ( http://j.mp/SRAhEO ) on behalf of > the Ubuntu Community. Also the issue of who would receive the money that > Google gives as a stipend to mentors was not addressed since Ubuntu is > not a organization or company and typically Open Source Projects have > foundations that handle the money for them. > > We're hoping with luck that these things will be addressed in advance of > the deadlines this year if so Luke has volunteered again to take on the > role as Org Admin and I will be helping and then Daniel Holbach is going > to look into the Legal and Money issue.
I would call the "legal" issue a organisation issue or maybe a timing issue. There was no legal problem AFAICR - we've participated in GSoC before. Canonical handled the money bits the last time and I think that's going to make sense this time as well. Please let me know as soon as you have any details to pass on. Have a great day, Daniel -- Get involved in Ubuntu development! developer.ubuntu.com/packaging And follow @ubuntudev on identi.ca/twitter.com/facebook.com/gplus.to -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
