The FreeBSD Project was pleased to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2020 program.

Relevant Information:

• Summer of Code 2020 Projects
• Summer of Code Source repositories
• FreeBSD Page on GSoC2020 web site
• Summer of Code Student Advice
• Summer of Code Student Checklist
• Summer of Code Mentor Advice
• Summer of Code Mentor Checklist
• Projects from Previous Years

Timeline:

• March 16 - March 31: Student application period open
• May 4, 2020: Successful applications announced
• May 4 - June 1: Community bonding starts
• June 1 - August 24: Coding
  • June 29 - July 3: Mid-term Evaluations #1
  • July 27 - 31: Mid-term Evaluations #2
• August 24 - 31: Students Submit Code and Final Evaluations
• August 31 - September 7: Final Evaluations: Mentors review student code.
• September 8: Results announced

A more complete calendar (including files that can be imported into your normal calendar) can be found at https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/

FreeBSD maintains a page containing project ideas suitable for Summer of Code at Summer of Code Ideas, and a more generic Ideas page. Students are welcome to take on projects from that page, or produce their own project ideas and plans.

Important email addresses:

• FreeBSD Summer of Code administrators