Summer of Code 2007: Difference between revisions
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
Here are the questions the [http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60303&topic=10727&ctx=sibling GSoC faq] says we must address: | Here are the questions the [http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60303&topic=10727&ctx=sibling GSoC faq] says we must address: | ||
=== Describe your organization === | ==== Describe your organization ==== | ||
Xiph.org is an open source project and non-profit corporation dedicated to providing open and free-to-implement multimedia technology as a foundation for an interoperable, level playing field on the internet and other digital distribution networks. | [http://xiph.org Xiph.org] is an open source project and non-profit corporation dedicated to providing open and free-to-implement multimedia technology as a foundation for an interoperable, level playing field on the internet and other digital distribution networks. Over the past 8 years we have hosted development for all the major patent-free audio and video codec development, including the Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and Theora, the Ogg streaming format, and the icecast streaming media server. | ||
This year we are also coordinating projects for the [http://annodex.org Annodex association] under our umbrella. The [http://annodex.net/ Annodex project] | |||
is developing a set of open specifications and open source software to allow the creation of hyperlinked Webs of audio and video integrated with the text-based view of the current Web. Toward this goal, Annodex has done a great deal of work developing tools, browswer plugins and convenience libraries to facilitate adoption of Xiph.org's lower-level technology. As such the two projects have largely aligned goals, but focus on different levels in the stack. | |||
=== Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What do you hope to gain by participating? === | === Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What do you hope to gain by participating? === | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 5 March 2007
Application
Google Summer of Code has a formal application process for mentoring applications this year. The window is March 5-12. This section is for development of our joint application with Annodex.
Here are the questions the GSoC faq says we must address:
Describe your organization
Xiph.org is an open source project and non-profit corporation dedicated to providing open and free-to-implement multimedia technology as a foundation for an interoperable, level playing field on the internet and other digital distribution networks. Over the past 8 years we have hosted development for all the major patent-free audio and video codec development, including the Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and Theora, the Ogg streaming format, and the icecast streaming media server.
This year we are also coordinating projects for the Annodex association under our umbrella. The Annodex project is developing a set of open specifications and open source software to allow the creation of hyperlinked Webs of audio and video integrated with the text-based view of the current Web. Toward this goal, Annodex has done a great deal of work developing tools, browswer plugins and convenience libraries to facilitate adoption of Xiph.org's lower-level technology. As such the two projects have largely aligned goals, but focus on different levels in the stack.
Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2007? What do you hope to gain by participating?
Did your organization participate in GSoC 2005 or 2006? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and failures of your student projects.
If your organization has not previously participated in GSoC, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?
Who will your organization administrator be? Please include Google Account information.
What license does your project use?
What is the URL for your ideas page?
This wiki page contains our current suggestions: (updates needed for 2007):
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code
What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
We don't have a single central mailing list for all of Xiph.Org. Instead, we have per-project mailing lists; of these the most active is vorbis-dev@xiph.org. A complete listing of our lists is available at:
http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/
What is the main IRC channel for your organization?
We use freenode (irc.freenode.net), with a number of channels. #xiph is the main organisation-wide one, but we also have project channels: #vorbis, #theora, #icecast are the major ones.
Does your organization have an application template you would like to see students use? If so, please provide it now.
Who will be your backup organization administrator? Please include Google Account information.
Michael Smith: google account mlrsmith@gmail.com