Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org>]

Thanks for the great details, Robert; that's very, very helpful.  I've
added a link to it to our Summer of Code index page
(http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Summer_of_Code).  I'll add that with
respect to committing and code repositories, we have a slight
preference for git these days.  We authenticate both using SSH keys.
We can provide help for Linux and Mac OS X users as needed; we have
more limited experience with Windows.

Thanks to everyone for their questions; please let us know if you have others.

Nathan


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Robert Gust‐Bardon <ea4xgr AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Nivanka Fonseka wrote:
>> I am writing this email in-order to show my interests, and to seek guidance
>> on how to send my application + proposal.
>> If you can reply me in advance it would be great.
>
> Dear Nivanka,
>
> Before reading the rest of my reply, please bear in mind that I am not a
> not a representative of Creative Commons. I managed to complete a
> project for this organization two years ago as a participant of the
> Google Summer of Code program.
>
> I would love to share my experiences with you and all the other students
> interested in participating in Google Summer of Code, especially when it
> comes to Creative Commons. It is superb that you consider participating
> in the program in question.
>
> What follows are general observations that I believe apply to a majority
> of the GSoC projects at CC:
> - you need to register at the GSoC Web site; do not count on the
> extension of the application deadline as that did not happen last year;
> - should you be accepted, you will be expected to commit early and to
> commit often; this can be done via Git or Subversion [1];
> - you ought to get in touch with Creative Commons before sending your
> proposal; you have reached the mailing list already; you are more than
> welcomed to join the channel #cc at the IRC server irc.freenode.net [2];
> - should you be accepted, you will be expected to write and blog about
> the software you develop (for the GSoC project); there are two ways to
> do it: the wiki (you have found it already) and the Labs blog [3];
> - do not forget to check out the student application template [4], which
> will help you to include important information (from the Creative
> Commons' point of view) in your proposal;
> - the staff is in San Francisco, therefore please be aware of the
> difference in the time zone between your location and theirs [5];
> - the goal of the Google Summer of Code program is to encourage new
> developers to participate in the free software projects in the long
> term; there is no reason whatsoever for you not to start the development
> of the WordPress projects before the day the successful applications are
> accepted; regardless of the outcome, this is a win-win situation;
> - have a look at the projects and the source code developed in previous
> years (you can read about them at the Labs, too):
> http://code.google.com/soc/2006/cc/about.html
> http://code.google.com/soc/2007/cc/about.html
> http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2007-cc/downloads/list
> http://code.google.com/soc/2008/cc/about.html
> http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2008-cc/downloads/list
> http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127580
> http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127715
>
> If you stumble upon me on the IRC (my nickname is ea4xgr there), then we
> could chat (be it using the IRC or an instant messenger) about the GSoC
> program at Creative Commons from the perspective of a student. I would
> also show you the application I submitted two years ago.
>
> [1] http://code.creativecommons.org/
> [2] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC
> [3] http://labs.creativecommons.org/
> [4] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Summer_of_Code_Application_Template
> [5] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
>
> Boa sorte!
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Robert Gust‐Bardon
>
> http://robert.gust-bardon.org/
>
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