[Openicc] google SoC starts

[Jon A. Cruz]

On Feb 17, 2007, at 6:16 AM, Cyrille Berger wrote:

> In fact, for joining SoC you need to have an organization which is  
> registered
> to a governement (associations, ev, fundation, even company). The  
> best would
> be to have freedesktop to register to SoC, there weren't registered  
> last
> year, mostly because, I don't think freedesktop is backed up by  
> such an
> organization :( And having them throught KDE ev would drown them :(

I do not believe this is, or at least was, an exact requirement.

I know that for the past two SoC's Inkscape has participated, but yet  
had no formal organization until well after those.

However, having more than a single person is very good.

Their FAQ says:
http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60281&topic=10730

> What are the eligibility requirements for mentoring organizations?
>
> Mentor organizations must be organizations or individuals running  
> an active and viable open source or free software project whose  
> applications are approved by Google's Open Source Program Office.  
> Organizations based in Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea and  
> Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from  
> engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate. Please see our  
> Terms of Service for additional stipulations and requirements.


So even individuals could be the "mentoring organization". That said,  
I believe that having more than one person around can help, and that  
having more participation in a "community" is very good. Also, the  
role of a mentoring organization has several aspects that are easier  
when there are people to share the work and/or guidance.

http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60291&topic=10732

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