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Re: Project proposal for Google Summer of Codes
From: |
Raghesh A |
Subject: |
Re: Project proposal for Google Summer of Codes |
Date: |
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:26:24 +0530 |
Hi all,
How can I find a mentor if I wish to do the project as an alternate
one? In the faq below it is mentioned that I should select a mentor
prior to the time of application.
http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_no_org
Regards,
Raghesh
On 3/21/08, Andrew John Hughes <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 20/03/2008, Micah Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Mukesh Palathingal wrote:
> > > I would like to make a project
> > > proposal that is out of your idea list.
> >
> >
> > That's always welcome, provided it is a project having to do with GNU;
> > however:
> >
> >
> > > PROPOSAL
> > > The project is about INTEGRATING THE LINUX VFS LAYER IN REACTOS. The
> > > ReactOS being a free and open source operating system based on the
> > > Windows NT architecture is now supporting only the FAT32 filesystem.
> > > The integration of the VFS layer is focused of increasing the exposure
> > > and reliability of the ReactOS. The project involves the extracting
> > > the Linux VFS layer and porting this functionality into the ReactOS
> > > Kernel.
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately, none of this describes a project related to GNU. GNU is
> > (most of) an operating system that can run on top of the Linux kernel;
> > but it is not the Linux kernel, nor is Linux a GNU project. There are
> > GNU systems which do not use Linux, and there are Linux systems which
> > are not GNU; the only thing the two have to do with each other is that
> > GNU operating system components on top of the Linux kernel (which we
> > have termed GNU/Linux) is a popular basis for many operating system
> > platforms.
> >
> > Similarly, the ReactOS is a separate project from GNU.
> >
> > The appropriate organization to mentor a project such as you describe
> > would be The ReactOS Foundation, which however does not appear to be
> > participating with Google Summer of Code at this time.
> >
> > The Linux Foundation, who sponsors development work on the Linux kernel,
> > is participating, but the project you describe brings development to
> > ReactOS, not to Linux, and so I doubt that they'd be an appropriate
> > mentor organization.
> >
> > - --
> > Micah J. Cowan
> > Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer,
> > and GNU Wget Project Maintainer.
> > http://micah.cowan.name/
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> Google as the mentoring organisation might also be an option, given
> there appear to be possible mentors already involved:
>
> http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_no_org
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> Andrew :-)
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