Google Summer of Code 2015 Ideas
The Ninux community is applying to become Mentoring Organization for the Google Summer of Code 2015.
Ninux participated in the GSoC several times:
2010 with Freifunk umbrella organization, see 2010 ideas page and look for ninux
2011 with Freifunk umbrella organization, see 2011 google melange page, 4 projects are from ninuxers
2012 as indipendent Mentoring Organization, see google melange Ninux 2012 page
2014 with Freifunk umbrella organization with 1 project: Netengine
Recently one of our community members also wrote a guest blog post on Google Open Source Blog: Orgs Get Ready: Preparing for GSoC 2015 with Freifunk.
What is Ninux?
Ninux is a Community Network, that means we are a community of volounteers that are using the open source approach in building and interconnecting wireless and wired networks in the Italian peninsula.
Our networks, according to the Picopeering Agreement, are free to join, everybody is welcome!
We invest quite a lot of time and energy in teaching new people how to use, build and extend the network.
Our key aim is freedom of communication through electronic means.
We are not an internet service provider, we don't provide free internet connection, although some community network members might share their internet connection with anyone or a few other friends through the network.
If you're curious to see where our networks are located, check out our community map or our experimental new map.
Why do we want to participate in the GSoC?
There are several good reasons for which we participate in the GSoC:
it's a nice way to help young people learn how to participate to FOSS projects
it's a fun way for us to become better at teaching technical things to newcomers
it's a good way to attract young developers in our community
it's an effective way to get stuff done in a shorter time
it's a great way to make mentors and participants feel part of a community!