Re: Fwd: GSoC 2012: Mentor application?

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

>>    > This is a bit misleading, especially on this list. Orgs get paid,
>>    > not mentors. Some orgs redistribute this money to the mentors; GNU
>>    > hasn't generally done this.
>>    That is sad :( For all their hard work mentors deserve to be rewarded.
>>    Oh, well, i stand corrected then.
>> The reward is computer user freedom.
> absolutely right, but on the other hand there is some money and who
> deserves it more than who is doing the real job?  As this money is
> supposed to support the development of Free Software/Open Source
> software, I don't see a better way to use this money than give it, at
> least partly, to whom is directly involved with it.  Differently than
> sporadic contributions, a mentor has responsibilities with the student
> and has to find some time for it.

I pretty much agree. Even if no money go to the mentor there should be
something that counts as thank you gesture.

regards,
Nikos