www.google-melange.com

I am,• Andun Sameera - CSE Final Year Undergraduate• GSoC 2013 Student – Apache OpenMeetings• Committer - Apache WicketStuff• Contributor – Apache Synapse, Airavata, Axis2• Software Engineering Intern @ WSO2

• Contributor for WSO2 ESB – World’s fastest ESB• Contributor for WSO2 Identity Server• Contributor for WSO2 Application Server• Contributor for WSO2 Clarity Framework

What is FOSS?Free Open Source Software is software that you can truly feel belongs to you. It is usually developed by community-driven projects of which the whole aim is to provide people with high-quality software that equals or betters the capabilities of proprietary, closed source software that you have to pay for and that limits your rights and ownership.

http://www.libreoffice.org

What is Google Summer of Code?

Google Summer of Code is a program designed to encourage university student participation in open source software development.

What are the goals of the program?• Inspire young developers to begin

participating in open source development

• Give students more exposure to real-world software development scenarios (e.g. Mailing list etiquette, distributed development, etc.)

What are the goals of the program?

• Get more open source code created and released for the benefit of all

• Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers and committers

How does GSoC works?• Organizations who do open source software

development submit project ideas to GSoC.• Students submit project proposals to the

organizations, who select student(s) and pair with mentor(s) from the org

• With in a given time period, students and mentors work to complete the projects

• Program stipend allows students to concentrate on OSS development

Participating Projects• Operating Systems• Hardware Management• Mobile, Portable, Handheld Devices• Databases• Programming Languages• Video, Music, TV, and Photography• Code Design, Development & Management• Humanitarian Efforts• Content Management• Biology, Analytical Sciences, Health Care• And More!

Why Should I Participate?

Stipends• Google will provide a stipend of 6000 USD per

accepted student developer, of which 5500 USD goes to the student and 500 USD goes to the mentoring organization.

• Acceptance of a project will give you 500 USD If You pass the mid-term evaluations, you will receive 2250 USD.

• Students who receive passing final evaluations will receive 2750 USD.

Scholarships and Conferences

Scholarships and Conferences

More importantly a good qualification in IT Sector….

GSoC and UoM

• GSoC was started in 2005• UoM was involved in GSoC from its beginning

• Since 2007, UoM wins GSoC having the highest number of participants from a single university

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GSoC 2014• 2014 is the 10th instance of Google Summer of

Code!• Student stipend increased by 10% to 5500 USD.• Accepting 10% more students.• Google is visiting 10 countries where they have

high participation in Google Summer of Code

GSoC 2014• 24 February, 2014: List of accepted

organizations announced on google-melange.com.

• 10 – 21 March, 2014: Student application period.

• 21 April, 2014: Accepted students announced on google-melange.com.

Useful Links• https://www.facebook.com/GSoCSLMeetup• https://www.facebook.com/

UoMGSoC2014Mentoring• Melange: http://www.google-melange.com• Google Summer of Code discussion list:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-summer-of-code-discuss

• Google Summer of Code student manual: http://flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/

www.google-melange.org

Thank You!We look forward to yourparticipation