We are excited that Freifunk has been accepted as a Google Summer of Code Mentor organization again in 2014.
We are now looking for interesting student projects. Participating community networks and projects have already put up a list of ideas on the wiki.
Students can apply for example for projects developing packages for OpenWrt (the basis of the freifunk firmware) extending its functionality or other useful network tools such as management server tools, graphic interfaces for existing tools, map extensions, p2p tools that take routing into consideration, implementing wlan sleeping modes, routing protocols and more.
The deadline for student applications is 21 March: 19:00 UTC. We recommend to start your application now. You also need to add an enrolement form into the system.
Freifunk Google Summer of Code Timeline
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21 March:
19:00 UTC
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Student application deadline.
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Interim Period:
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Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
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7 April:
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Mentoring organizations should have requested slots via their profile in Melange by this point.
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9 April:
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Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations
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Interim Period:
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Slot allocation trades happen amongst organizations. Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
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15 April:
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First round of de-duplication checks happens; organizations work together to try to resolve as many duplicates as possible.
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18 April:
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All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor – 07:00 UTC
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Student acceptance choice deadline.
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IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students – 19:00 UTC #gsoc (organizations must send a delegate to represent them in this meeting regardless of if they are in a duplicate situation before the meeting.)
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21 April:
19:00 UTC
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Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.
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Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
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19 May:
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Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects;
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Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.
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Work Period:
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Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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23 June:
19:00 UTC
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Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
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27 June:
19:00 UTC
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Mid-term evaluations deadline;
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Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file.
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Work Period:
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Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
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11 August:
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Suggested ‘pencils down’ date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
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18 August:
19:00 UTC
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Firm ‘pencils down’ date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
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22 August:
19:00 UTC
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Final evaluation deadline
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Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
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22 August: 20:00 UTC
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Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
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25 August:
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Final results of Google Summer of Code 2014 announced
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Links
* GSoC Page: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/freifunk
* Idea Page: http://wiki.freifunk.net/Ideas