SOC
The Eclipse SOC project is a great place to spend time learning, coding, participating and contributing. The project does not host specific resources for learning; it is mainly concerned with being a meeting place for students who are interested in working on or with Eclipse technology and need a little help through the process. We provide a vehicle to connect student activity with one or more mentors to assist you.
The program is administered by Philippe Ombredanne (philippe dot ombredanne at eclipse dot org) and Wayne Beaton (wayne dot beaton at eclipse dot org). Eclipse is an exciting open source project with a vibrant community, and we look forward to your ideas.
The name of this project, "Summer of Code" was inspired by the "Google Summer of Code™" (GSoC) programme, and this project actively participates in that programme. We do not, however, restrict ourselves to projects initiated as part of GSoC, nor do we time box activities undertaken as part of this project with in the constraints specified by Google (that is, it's okay for activities to continue after the initial GSoC experience has been completed).
Application
At a minimum, you should be a student (though we're not particularly hung up on this point). You need to demonstrate to us that you have the time and ability to complete the work (you represent considerable investment on the part of our mentors and so need to prove that you are worth the investment). This is not to say that you need to be fully knowledgeable about all things Eclipse; we expect to spend time educating you on Eclipse technology.
Solicitation for mentorship is done through the eclipse.technology.soc newsgroup where the entire Eclipse community will have an opportunity to see and comment on the proposal. This is a good vehicle for getting visibility for your project proposal and will help you to find a mentor. Note that you will have to register to use this newsgroup. If you apply through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) programme, we will copy your application from the Google system to the newsgroup for you.
Before a project can be accepted, it requires consensus from the project committers (using the standard voting practice) and must have at least one existing Eclipse-knowledgeable person volunteer (not necessarily an existing committer) to be mentor.
Your proposal should include enough information so that we can understand what you want to do and enough information about you so that we can get a sense for your ability to complete it. We expect the proposal to be several paragraphs in length at least; well-thought out proposals are more likely to be accepted.
News
March 19, 2008
The Eclipse Foundation has been accepted into the Google Summer of Code
(GSoC) 2008. Mentors need to register with Google and list The
Eclipse Foundation as one of their "Organizations".
Students, you need submit your proposals through the Google site. We will transfer your proposals to the eclipse.technology.soc newsgroup where it will be available to the Eclipse for comments (we ask that you participate in the conversation on that forum). Note that you will have to register to use this newsgroup. We also invite you to join the SOC mailing list to keep up with communciation amoungst the Eclipse SOC community.
Information about the programme, including an FAQ can be found in the GSoC site.
Communication
The official Eclipse SOC IRC channel is #eclipse-soc located on freenode.net. Everyone is welcome as it is not restricted to students and mentors.
We also use the soc-dev mailing list. Please subscribe if you are interested in monitoring and participating in conversations between mentors and students.
Solicitation for mentorship is done through the eclipse.technology.soc newsgroup where the entire Eclipse community will have an opportunity to see and comment on the proposal. Note that you will have to register to use this newsgroup.
