ISCAS and openEuler are launching an alternative to Google Summer of Code

[Paul Brown]

On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 04:49:10 CEST Philippe Cloutier wrote:
> Hi Guilherme,
> 
> Le 2021-05-09 à 14:46, Guilherme a écrit :
> > Hello KDE Community,
> > 
> > The Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS)and the
> > openEuler Linux distribution are launching their own alternative to
> > Google's Summer of Code initiative.
> > 
> > Accoding to Phoronix, they're "providing university-aged students
> > around the world funding by the Institute of Software Chinese Academy
> > of Sciences to work on community open-source projects." and the
> > "Mentors will also be paid for their time."
> > 
> > The deadline for communities to apply is May 20th. More details can be
> > seen here <https://summer.iscas.ac.cn/help/en/community/> (community
> > guidelines), here <https://summer.iscas.ac.cn/help/en/mentor/> (for
> > Mentors) and here <https://summer.iscas.ac.cn/help/en/> (FAQ).
> > 
> > There's also more info on Phoronix
> > <https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=China-Summer-2021-Ope
> > n-Source>
> > 
> > I don't have time or the expertise to contributewith this initiative,
> > but I think this is something the KDE Community could keep an eye on,
> > as it could help with the development of KDE software just like Google
> > Summer of Code does.
> > 
> > Thanks for reading.
> 
> Thanks to you for sharing, I hadn't heard about that yet. It would be
> interesting to find or create and share a comparison with GSoC.
> 
> <Snip>

This is not about monetary incentive. This is about building up a KDE 
Community in China, like we are doing in India. We want to help Chinese 
students to contribute and break into FLOSS via KDE, and do so on their own 
terms and their own turf. We are working this on several fronts and this is 
potentially one way we can explore. 

TL/DR: Compensation is irrelevant.

Cheers

Paul
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