GSoC 2009/Proposal
Describe your organization.
Maemo Community is an open source community developing software around the Maemo platform. The Maemo community has over 16.000 registered members that contribute to more than 800 development projects. We work with open source tools and processes. We develop new software for both the platform itself and on top of the platform. Applications developed with the Maemo SDK are used today by thousands of persons around the world. <some something about the maemo council>
Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2009? What do you hope to gain by participating?
Did your organization participate in past GSoCs? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.
If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?
N/A
What license(s) does your project use?
The majority of the projects are licensed under this licenses:
- GPL v2 or later;
- LGPL v2 or later;
- MIT license.
What is the URL for your ideas page?
http://wiki.maemo.org/GSoC_2009
What is the main development mailing list or forum for your organization?
Main development mailing list is maemo-developers@maemo.org
All Maemo mailing lists: http://maemo.org/community/mailing-lists/
The main forum for discussing Maemo related topics is Internet Tablet Talk (http://www.internettablettalk.com/)
What is the main IRC channel for your organization?
The main IRC channel for Maemo is #maemo @ freenode
Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.
Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.
Who will your mentors be? Please include Google Account information.
What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors? Please be as specific as possible.
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
We plan for each project to have one "backup" mentor, who shall assist in cases where the primary mentor cannot fulfill his/her obligations.