Re: Project proposal for Google Summer of Codes

[Raghesh A]

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:
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>  http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_no_org
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