Brian Vincent wrote:
On 5/31/05, *Daniel Kegel* <dank@kegel.com mailto:dank@kegel.com> wrote:
Google is offering students summer stipends to contribute to open source projects!As part of the Summer of Code, Google will be giving each project $500 for each proposal that gets accepted.
Right now the Wine Party Fund is doing ok. What do you guys think about contributing $250 of the $500 back to the developer as an extra incentive?
I don't think that's allowed. Here's what Chris DiBona replied to a similar question:
--- snip --- No. This is not right. Every student gets 4500$, not 5k. If KDE doesn't want the $500 stipend they can either not take part in the Summer of Code program, not accept the money, or donate it, themselves to another organizations.
If in fact I learn of a sideways payment to a student, KDE and the Student will not be allowed to take part and their students will be reassigned. --- snip ---
The $500 is meant to compensate the mentor for his/her time. It's not always easy shepherding a newbie through the process of getting code developed and submitted. - Dan