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The MetaBrainz Foundation has applied as a [http://code.google.com/soc Google Summer of Code] organization in 2011. This will allow MusicBrainz hackers to apply for the Summer of Code program and if accepted, get paid for hacking on MusicBrainz.

This page lays out various ideas for projects that people can take on during their Summer of Code. If you have your own ideas for Summer of Code, please add them at the bottom of this page.

All applications for Summer of Code must pass a community review process where the proposer must clearly define their idea and present it to the community at large. Proposers must be/become active members of the community and must adapt their proposals according to community feedback. If the community does not approve of the project, the project will not be accepted by the MetaBrainz Foundation. If your project makes it into the final round of consideration for acceptance, be ready for an interview and possibly even an entrace test to verify the skills claimed on your Summer of Code application.

Furthermore, all projects must develop '''new''' features for MusicBrainz. Proposals for replacing existing and working projects for the sake of making them ''more open'' will not be accepted. Proposals for extending existing projects with new features have a much greater chance at being accepted.

We '''strongly''' encourage students to delve into MusicBrainz and provide their own ideas for Summer of Code. We're listing a few projects here that we care about greatly, but we're more excited to hear what students want to do!


== Mentors ==
== Mentors ==

Revision as of 15:42, 30 January 2012

Mentors

This year Robert Kaye, Oliver Charles and Kuno Woudt will be mentoring students. That's ruaok (Robert), warp (Kuno) and ocharles (Oliver) on IRC, if you want to come and speak to us first.

Suggestions

Repository for Creative Commons-licensed reviews

Proposals

About proposals

Before you dive in and send a proposal to us through Google, it's a good idea to take some time and learn about the MusicBrainz community. At MusicBrainz we pride ourselves for having a strong community - most of us know each other in same way, and some of us know each other face to face from development summits.

A good way to get a feel of this would be to lurk around in IRC, or to talk about your proposals on the mailing list.