Its that time of year: Google Summer of Code 2009

[Ian Monroe]

Google Summer of Code is a pretty neat opportunity to work on an open
source project for the (N. Hemisphere) summer and earn a stipend of
$4500. I've done it twice as a student for Amarok and its a lot of
fun.

We've started to collect some project ideas at:
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Summer_of_Code/2009/Ideas

It should be noted that there's no guarantee that KDE will be selected
again this year. But KDE has been a part of GSoC every year and last
year was the largest project. So its not a waste of time to just go
ahead and depend on it. :)
The important dates:
http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html#0_1_timeline_5354032302481437_

The earliest you can submit is March 23rd. I would suggest submitting
on this date as it would give your application the most visibility.
Its important to work with us to help review and refine your proposal.
Amarok has to compete with all the other KDE projects so we want to
make your proposals just shine. :)

The archives of this list from last year are actually a great resource
to see the sort of proposals people send in.
http://markmail.org/browse/org.kde.amarok/2008-03

Ian