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I've had a look at the FSF info about the campaign for a Skype replacement
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/priority-projects/highpriori…
While it specifies that existing solutions have shortcomings, it
doesn't specify what the final solution should look like. In other
words, a developer aiming to build such a solution won't know when
they cross the finish line.
Has anybody done any policy work, possibly similar to the Debian Free
Software Guidelines, to define the essential attributes of a solution?
Looking at it from another angle, Debian also provides a set of tests
to determine if a license is really free:
http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html#testing
and it may be useful to define a similar set of tests for evaluating a
communications application.
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The Debian Project has been accepted in Google Summer of Code
One of the potential project areas for students is "Enabling free
multimedia real-time communications (RTC) with Debian"
For one or more projects to go ahead under this theme, we need:
a) talented students (several have already applied)
b) a team of mentors (I can't do this alone)
c) solid project plans
Even if you don't want to formally commit as a mentor, you can volunteer
time to help look over student proposals on an ad-hoc basis between now
and the final selections in 2-3 weeks.
The number of projects Google agrees to fund will depend a lot on the
quality of the proposals from the students. Beyond that, the actual
success of the project will depend on whether the student started with
the right objectives in their plan.
Anybody looking at the proposals is welcome to email the students and CC
myself and the co-mentors and/or this free-rtc list.
http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications
Some things to think about while looking at these proposals:
a) is there anything the student proposes that is duplicated/not
necessary/already implemented?
b) what is the most valuable part of the student's proposal?
c) in which order should the student complete things?
d) what tests should they make to verify their work?
e) are there any other "missing links" in the free RTC eco-system but
not acknowledged in the student's proposal?
f) how can an RTC infrastructure running on Debian.org and related sites
demonstrate best practice for Free RTC, and which part of the student's
proposal specifically help Debian.org infrastructure? What can Debian
itself do to lead the way in this area?
g) Would other organisations like FSFE, LUGs, etc want to run the same
infrastructure that the student develops?
Some related items:
- the student projects in PKI (also on the link above) are directly
relevant to building federated SIP and XMPP and these students would
also welcome feedback and ideas
- there is also the possibility that a female candidate can be funded by
Debian's "Outreach Program for Women", so in a best case scenario, there
may be more than one student working in this area over the summer
Hi Sylvain,
Would you potentially put your name on the Debian wiki to co-mentor our
Free RTC in Debian category?
http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects#Enabling_free_multimedia_r…
Regards,
Daniel
On 03/04/13 16:04, Sylvain Berfini wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> I know I'm a bit late, but I may be able to help with the mentoring part.
>
> Regards.
>
> Le 28/03/2013 20:56, Daniel Pocock a écrit :
>> I'd like to try and get Lumicall accepted as a GSoC 2013 project
>> http://www.lumicall.org/google-summer-of-code
>>
>> This means Google would pay students to work on it over the summer and
>> all work would be contributed back to the free software community.
>>
>> Help is needed:
>>
>> - can anybody with Java experience offer to be part of the mentoring
>> team?
>>
>> - can anybody help with a reference from a previous GSoC participant or
>> a Google employee?
>>
>> I need to submit answers (including mentor names) to Google by tomorrow,
>> so if you can help, please reply ASAP
>> _______________________________________________
>> Free-RTC mailing list
>> Free-RTC(a)lists.fsfe.org
>> https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/free-rtc
>