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Re: libcdio GSoC project proposal
From: |
Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva |
Subject: |
Re: libcdio GSoC project proposal |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:31:52 -0300 |
Are you willing to be his mentor? If so, he should submit his proposal
to melange and you should apply as a mentor.
On 29/03/2011, Rocky Bernstein <address@hidden> wrote:
> There is nothing more I can really add to what is written below, other than
> to confirm that Robert William Fuller has done outstanding work in the past
> in helping libcdio. Therefore I am confident he'll do outstanding work
> should this project come to fruition.
>
> - rocky
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Robert William Fuller <
> address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am writing to propose a Google Summer of Code project.
>>
>> My goal is to improve the audio error correcting code--aka "paranoia"
>> code--in libcdio. I set out to make an audio CD archiving program based
>> on
>> libcdio. This is intended to be an alternative to EAC--Exact Audio
>> Copy--which is a closed-source Windows application, and the de-facto
>> standard for audio CD archiving. While my audio CD archiving application
>> is
>> fully functional, it is limited from being competitive with EAC by
>> problems
>> with the error correcting code in libcdio. I intend to improve the error
>> correcting code in libcdio to enable people to write free software
>> alternatives to the closed-source EAC.
>>
>> I have contributed fixes to libcdio in the past as I developed my audio
>> archiving program. I have worked with the current libcdio maintaner,
>> Rocky
>> Bernstein, who has indicated to me that he would be willing to sponsor me
>> as
>> a mentor for this as a Google Summer of Code project. He advised me to
>> email this address with my proposal. I look forward to your reply.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Robert W. Fuller
>>
>
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Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva
PoliGNU - Grupo de Estudos de Software Livre da Poli/USP
FSF Associate Member #7788