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GSOC/GSOC ProjectIdeas
Welcome to the 2022 SPDX Google Summer of Code Project Page
See the proposal template if you are interested in submitting a Google Summer of Code proposal.
Should you have questions please do not hesitate to contact one of the mentors directly.
Contents
What is SPDX ?
First and foremost we are a community dedicated to solving the issues and problems around Open Source licensing and compliance. The SPDX work group (part of the Linux Foundation) consists of individuals, community members, and representatives from companies, foundations and organizations who use or are considering using the SPDX standard. The work group operates much like a meritocratic, consensus-based community project; that is, anyone with an interest in the project can join the community, contribute to the specification, and participate in the decision-making process. We come from many different backgrounds including open source developers, lawyers, consultants and business professionals, many of who have been involved with license compliance and identification for years.
As part of this effort we have developed a set of collateral that can be used:
- License List and Short Identifiers
- SPDX Specification for generating SPDX Documents in multiple formats
- A set of basic tools for working with SPDX Documents
- License Identifiers in source
Why choose an SPDX Project?
Contributing to one of the SPDX projects below will provide a valuable contribution to developers and/or users of open source software. We believe you will find the projects both technically challenging and rewarding. In essence we believe you will be able to look back one day and I say I was part of that effort.
Getting Involved
Beyond working with your mentor(s) we highly encourage students who select one of these projects to get involved with the SPDX community via our technical working group. Interaction with the technical team is primarily done via its mailing list and on gitter (see resources). There is however a weekly call you could join as well. .
Resources
Ideas for 2022 Projects
Mentors: please fill out the following template for any projects you wish to propose.
=== Project Name === add overview of project here ====Skills Needed==== what skills should the student have to do the coding exercises ====Background Information==== context for the project and references to be studied ====Available Mentors==== list individuals who are willing to mentor and provide information about the project proposal.
