<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Nagarjuna G. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nagarjun@gnowledge.org">nagarjun@gnowledge.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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From: Matt Lee <<a href="mailto:mattl@gnu.org">mattl@gnu.org</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:59 PM<br>
Subject: [gnu-prog-discuss] GNU Generation<br>
To: <a href="mailto:gnu-prog-discuss@gnu.org">gnu-prog-discuss@gnu.org</a><br>
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GNU Generation is a program by the FSF to involve young people (approx.<br>
aged 13-18) in free software. It is provided as a service to projects<br>
to find new young contributors, and to students to get interested in<br>
free software and start contributing to projects. Developers can create<br>
tasks, or projects, for students to complete on the GNU Generation page<br>
(<a href="http://fsf.org/gnugeneration" target="_blank">http://fsf.org/gnugeneration</a>). These projects can be incredibly<br>
specific, giving instruction on exactly what is to be completed, or more<br>
broad, offering only some general information about the task and how to<br>
get started. The goal for GNU Generation is for these students to<br>
become regular contributors to your project.<br>
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There are a wide range of talents in the GNU Generation program already.<br>
Projects can include coding of any difficulty, from simple scripting to<br>
advanced C. They can include art, documentation, translation or other<br>
areas as well. Projects can even be solely advocacy; it is completely<br>
up to whoever creates them.<br>
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If you do not have any specific ideas for projects, but would prefer to<br>
have students think of their own projects related to your application,<br>
you can leave your contact information and an overview of your free<br>
software application under the "Project specific" section of the<br>
brainstorming page on the site<br>
(<a href="http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:GNU_Generation/Project_brainstorming" target="_blank">http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:GNU_Generation/Project_brainstorming</a>).<br>
Chances are few participants will take the time to look into your<br>
project more deeply, but this will at least provide them with a place to<br>
start if they already use and love your application. If you have any<br>
ideas unrelated to a specific free software application, you can feel<br>
free to add them to the top part of this page as well.<br>
<br>
There is no guarantee that any particular project will be taken, though<br>
either way, projects represented here will definitely gain more exposure<br>
to participants. If you are interested, please see the website<br>
(<a href="http://www.fsf.org/gnugeneration" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/gnugeneration</a>) for more information on how GNU<br>
Generation can help students while helping your free software project.<br>
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</font></blockquote><div><br>Great News, was looking forward to this kind of programs since a very long time<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Nagarjuna G.<br>
<a href="http://www.gnowledge.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gnowledge.org/</a><br>
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