[gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò): > In the past two years we had quite a few applications from students > that were already full-fledged Gentoo developers. I sincerely would > like that this year we put as a rule that Gentoo developers cannot > partecipate in Summer of Code as stu

[gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò) writes: > In the past two years we had quite a few applications from students that > were already full-fledged Gentoo developers. I sincerely would like that > this year we put as a rule that Gentoo developers cannot partecipate in > Summer of Code as

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Brian Harring
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:57:03PM +0100, Wulf C. Krueger wrote: > On Sunday, 02. March 2008 20:25:09 Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: > > > Do we inspire them by telling them that anybody who has made this > > > choice in the past is not to be rewarded financially for doing so? > > This brings up

[gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
"Alec Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your entire argument is based on the assumption that the Summer of > Code program's primary goal is to recruit new developers for Open > Source projects. While this is one goal I am unsure if holding it > above the others is necessary. I know it's not

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Wulf C. Krueger
On Sunday, 02. March 2008 20:25:09 Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: > > Do we inspire them by telling them that anybody who has made this > > choice in the past is not to be rewarded financially for doing so? > This brings up a different point of view too. From my point of view it's pretty simple

[gentoo-dev] Re: One request for the next SoC: non already-devs students

2008-03-02 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Richard Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do we inspire them by telling them that anybody who has made this choice > in the past is not to be rewarded financially for doing so? This brings up a different point of view too. Why should just somebody be rewarded financially and not someone else?