Google Summer of code-2011

About Google Summer of Code-

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 4500 successful student participants and over 3000 mentors from over 100 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.

To learn more about the program, peruse our 2011 Frequently Asked Questions page. You can also subscribe to the Google Open Source Blog or the Google Summer of Code Discussion Group to keep abreast of the latest announcements.

Participating in Google Summer of Code-

For those of you who would like to participate in the program, there are many resources available for you to learn more. Check out the information pages from the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 instances of the program to get a better sense of which projects have participated as mentoring organizations in Google Summer of Code each year. If you are interested in a particular mentoring organization, just click on its name and you'll find more information about the project, a summary of their students' work and actual source code produced by student participants. You may also find the program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) pages for each year to be useful. Finally, check out all the great content and advice on participation produced by the community, for the community, on our program wiki.

If you don't find what you need in the documentation, you can always ask questions on our program discussion list or the program IRC channel, #gsoc on Freenode.

Visit the Google Summer of Code 2011 site for more details about the program this year.

For a detailed timeline and further information about the program, review our Frequently Asked Questions.

Terms and conditions for participants-

There are two types of participant agreements in this contest, 1. Admin and Mentor participant Agreement 2. Student participant Agreement

To read out 1st type of agreement Go Here.

And to read out 2nd type of Agreement Click Here.

Program's terms of services can be read out Here.

 GSOC Programme Timeline-

January 24:	Program announced.
February 28: 19:00 UTC	Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.
March 11: 23:00 UTC	Mentoring organization application deadline.
March 14-17:	Google program administrators review organization applications.
March 18: 19:00 UTC	List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2011 site.
March 18-27:	Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
March 28: 19:00 UTC	Student application period opens.
April 8: 19:00 UTC	Student application deadline.
Interim Period:	Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
April 22:	All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student ranking/scoring deadline. Please do not add private comments with a nonzero score or mark students as ineligible (unless doing so as part of resolving duplicate accepted students) after this deadline - 17:00 UTC IRC meeting to resolve any outstanding duplicate accepted students - 19:00 UTC #gsoc
April 25: 19:00 UTC	Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2011 site.
Community Bonding Period:	Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
May 23:	Students begin coding for their GSoC projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.
Interim Period:	Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
July 11: 19:00 UTC	Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
July 15: 19:00 UTC	Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file.
Interim Period:	Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
August 15:	Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
August 22: 19:00 UTC	Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
August 26: 19:00 UTC	Final evaluation deadline Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.
August 29:	Final results of GSoC 2011 announced
August 30:	Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
October 22 & 23:	Mentor Summit at Google: Representatives from each successfully participating organization are invited to Google to greet, collaborate and code. Our mission for the weekend: make the program even better, have fun and make new friends.