Summer of Code 2008

Creative Commons is planning to participate in Google's Summer of Code as a mentoring organization. Student submissions for SoC 2008 will open March 24; see the [1] for more details.

This page highlights ideas and suggestions for student proposals for 2008.

Students

If you find an idea listed below that you like or have your own idea for a Creative Commons-related open source project, we encourage you to read up about the Developer Community, ask questions, and then include the following in your proposal:

1. Detailed description / design document
2. an approximate schedule (timeline)
3. brief description of past projects (including open source) that you've participated in
4. brief resume/bio/contact information

Writing Proposals

The following links detail generally successful ways to write a Summer of Code Proposal:

• HOWTO Write Project Proposals
• Inkscape's Accepted Proposals
• Portland State University Experience

Selection Criteria

Please read the Selection Criteria. Participants who read this will be much further along than others.

Questions

1. Read up about the Creative Commons Developer Community
2. Join the cc-devel mailing list and ask questions
3. Join the Creative Commons chat channel, #cc, on irc.freenode.net.

Project Ideas

The following are Developer Challenges which we think are of the appropriate size for a Summer of Code project. You may also want to check out the other challenges for more inspiration.

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Mentors

• Nathan Yergler
• Asheesh Laroia
• Jon Phillips
• Alex Roberts

Additional Resources

• Google Summer of Code (SoC)
• Google SoC FAQ