Darius,<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Please tell me how an open source project can be considered as an organization ?<br>
Personally, you an run manu open source projects.<br>Does it really makes you an organization under terms set by Google ?<br></blockquote><br>As I understand, primary focus of SoC are active projects, with enough users and so on.<br>
David Anderson quote [<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/msg/03c930243aad4ee2">http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/msg/03c930243aad4ee2</a>]:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 6.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
The Summer of Code's primary objective is not to be a breeding ground <br> for new open source projects. The primary focus is getting students <br> involved in existing open source projects.</blockquote><div> </div> But they don't require project to be founded by some registered company. See SoC FAQ (<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_org_is">What is a mentoring
organization?</a> and <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_org_types">What kind of mentoring
organizations should apply?</a>)<br><div> </div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">How can I join Google SoC 2008 with my projects ?<br>
Do I really have to act as a mentoring organization ?</blockquote><div><br>There are two ways to participate:<br><ol><li><u>as organization (mentor in organization).</u><br>But as I've written earlier, your project should not be fresh startup. (see, discussion from where David Anderson was quoted.) Also note that application deadline for organizations has almost already come.<br>
</li><li><u>as student.<br></u>You have to send application with your project plan to some of mentoring organization selected this year (the list will be published soon). It is very much advised to discuss your ideas with mentors before sending application, to make your ideas mature (and applicable in real situation).<br>
</li></ol></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">If Google interested
in third party filed projects ?</blockquote><br>As I know, there is now difference of where source code of the project is published (sourceforge, maemo.garage, your site). Sorry if I haven't get your question right.<br>
<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">As maemo stays for Nokia, does it mean Nokia was acting as a mentoring organization in 2007 ?<br>
<br>Is maemo a legal person, officially registered entity, incorporated company, officially founded association ?</blockquote><br>I Don't know the legal status of maemo. It seams that it is quite independent entity (at least in it's idea). Though Nokia is major sponsor, and currently is hosting it.<br>
I guess that maemo participated in SoC as maemo, not as Nokia. As <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_org_is">What is a mentoring
organization?</a> states, "project does not need to be a
legally incorporated entity".<br><br><br>Hope I helped, but note that I am not involved in SoC, so you'd better refer to more official/authoritative source of information. Like <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html" target="_blank">program FAQs</a> and
<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/tos.html" target="_blank">Terms of Service</a> (which seam to be very comprehensible, also). There are also plenty of information on the net from former participants, etc.<br><br>
Regards,<br>Edgar<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Darius Jack <<a href="mailto:dariusjack2006@yahoo.ie">dariusjack2006@yahoo.ie</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Edgar for your kind reply.<br><br>from<br><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a><br><br> We are now <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/org_signup.html" target="_blank">accepting applications</a> from open source projects who would like to act as mentoring organizations for 2008,...<br>
<br>Please tell me how an open source project can be considered as an organization ?<br>Personally, you an run manu open source projects.<br>Does it really makes you an organization under terms set by Google ?<br><br>I tried hard to join maemo with 2 of my projects.<br>
Unfortunately, I couldn't log in so have to move to another place.<br><br>As maemo stays for Nokia, does it mean Nokia was acting as a mentoring organization in 2007 ?<br><br>Is maemo a legal person, officially registered entity, incorporated company, officially founded association ?<br>
<br>How can I join Google SoC 2008 with my projects ?<br>Do I really have to act as a mentoring organization ?<br>If Google interested
in third party filed projects ?<br><br>Please tell me more details how it works.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Darius</font></blockquote></div><br>