Re: [SMW-devel] ESA Summer of Code

[Yaron K. <ya...@wi...>]

Hi Stephan,

This sounds interesting. I wish they were more specific about what it means
to be "space-related", since a space mission, like any large-scale project,
could end up making use of every open-source software application there is,
from Wine to StatusNet to Inkscape. Their "about" page and FAQ don't provide
any clues - so I guess the answer is just that the organizations have to
make the case that they're space-related.

I've heard that SMW is already used, to a small extent, at NASA, for what
it's worth; and I think we could definitely make a viable case for
ourselves.

So, I'm in. Does anyone else have any thoughts? Markus?

-Yaron

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Stephan Gambke <f....@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> "ESA Summer of Code in Space (SOCIS) is a pilot program run by ... the
> European Space Agency that offers student developers stipends to write
> code for various space-related open source software projects. ...
>
> The program is inspired by (but not affiliated or related in any way to)
> Google's Summer of Code initiative." [1]
>
> Ok, lets face it, it's a copy of GSoC. The managers former GSoC
> participants (students).
>
> There are some caveats:
> * extremely tight timeframe, mentoring organizations application
> deadline is on 15 July
> * only European universities, at least half the participating students
> of each university must be from ESA states
> * there are around 10 to 30 student slots, depending on the number of
> applications
> * "it does not need to be already in use ..... just space related (you
> need to report what is the potential space use of the software in the
> org application form)" (Dario Izzo, one of the program managers)
>
> So, can we and do we want to whip up an application that sounds
> sufficiently space related within 10 days? With the short time frame I
> think we certainly have a chance if only because few projects even
> noticed. And space-related does not mean it has to be useable onboard a
> spacecraft, could be knowledge management or project management or
> scientific applications.
>
> Cheers,
> Stephan
>
> [1] http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/
>



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