[Lumiera] gsoc 2011

[Hendrik Boom]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 05:42:51PM +0100, Ichthyostega wrote:
> farid abdelnour schrieb:
> > anyways i thought you might be interested to know (in case you havent heard)
> > that gosc 2011 is announced: 
> > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announced-at-lca.html
> >  maybe we could participate this year :D
> 
> 
> :D would be a nice prospect...
> 
> But reading the application page had a somewhat sobering effect
> -- but maybe I'm a bit too pessimistic?

Maybe.

> 1) Have you been in GSoC before and done well?
> 2) Do the projects on your ideas list look feasible for student developers?
> (...)

> 4) Do we [google] use your software?  Do we know someone who does...?
It's not working yet.  So no, google isn't.  But when is starts to 
work,  it'll be the editing tool of choice for many of Google's 
YouTubers.

> 5) Do we have a relationship with your developer community?
Possibly not, but they probably should.

> 6) Will funding your organization have a significant impact on the open source
>    world? Niche projects with few users and developers are less likely to be
>    accepted.

Video is *not* a niche application, and there is no significant free 
competition.

> 7) Is your project community well established?

Apply anyway.  It's going to be an important video editor.

-- hendrik