Re: [ros-dev] Google Summer of Code

[Aleksey Bragin]

On Mar 21, 2009, at 11:04 PM, François Revol wrote:

>   Hi,
>
> >   I'd like to let you know our application has
> > not been accepted into
> >  Google Summer of Code, for the third time in a row. I attached an
> >  (autogenerated) reply, which encourages us to reapply for future
> >  instances of the program. I would not find a better way to express
> >  sarcasm than asking us to reapply in future. 
>  It's indeed sad to know ReactOS didn't make it. 
It was expected though :)

> >   Our friendly
> > OS project Haiku gets accepted every year, so being an
> >  OS is not a problem.
> >  Wine is certainly accepted every year from the beginning, and this
> >  year is not an exception. So it's definately not a problem of "legal
> >  fear" of Microsoft. 
>  In the same spirit of sharing from the FOSDEM invitation, I'm sure we
>  could find some projects on Haiku that would benefit ReactOS as well.
>  Some time ago I talked about the webcam driver I wrote, which could
>  likely be made portable. Another developer already started adding UVC
>  support to it, so it'd likely be interesting to ROS as well. 
Thanks a lot, but
this could limit your own participation, since  
number of slots is usually very limited. It's really nice to offer  
this from your side.

>   I'd suggest looking for projects you'd be
> interested in on
>  http://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/GoogleSummerOfCodeIdeas
>  The students pick the ones they want but likely we could put them  
>  first
>  on our wish list.
>
>  An other topic of interest could be the network drivers we ported from
>  FreeBSD, likely you could take inspiration from our compatibility
>  layer. 
Yes, we surely could find something which benefits both of us.

>   Also, something that seemed to appeal to Google last
> year was our
>  attempt at extending the allocated GSoC slots by running our own  
>  funded
>  HCD (Haiku Code Drive), to sponsor some more projects.
>  see:
>  http://www.haiku-os.org/tags/hcd2008_0 
We are preparing a similar thing called Community Funded Ideas. It's  
not ready for big announcement yet, but we are working towards it.

>   Surely running your own event would entice Google to
> value your own
>  investment and reconsider for next year. 
Honestly, they exhausted my level of patience. So, I rather see CFI  
as a better substitute for GSoC, also it lets community to take part  
in decision process.

> >   What is the
> > problem then? I leave it to you to decide what's the
> >  problem. However, as for me, I see Google Summer of Code is nothing
> >  close to supporting free software world, but rather an expensive way
> >  of advertising. 
>  Undoubtedly it gives them a lot of advertising, but I do hope there is
>  more to it :) 
I was slightly exaggerating certainly :)

>   François.