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Am 21.01.2018 um 16:01 schrieb Abhinav Jain:
> Hello Christian Mauderer,
> 
> I read about GSoC and I found it really interesting. It seems to be a
> great platform to get linked with the open source communities. But it
> seems that its registration starts sometime around March. Can I go
> forward with some of the projects till then? 
> Please guide what should be further steps. I am really excited to start
> working and I hope it will be a great experience for me. 
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> Abhinav Jain 

Hello Abhinav Jain,

yes, that's right. Registration is in a few months. I'm quite sure that
there is a solution that you can start on a project and then continue it
as a GSoC project. But note that there are quite clear rules from
Google, that only the work during GSoC can be evaluated. And there is
always only a limited number of slots for GSoC students so we can't
guarantee any acceptance even if you start before GSoC starts.

Independent on whether you would like to participate in GSoC later or
not I would suggest to start with
https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/GettingStarted. Then pick a project
that you are interested in (either from the open projects page or
something other that you find interesting) and start to ask about it on
the mailing list and whether someone would be ready to support you now
and maybe be your mentor during GSoC.

Best regards

Christian

> 
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de
> <mailto:list at c-mauderer.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Am 21.01.2018 um 12:27 schrieb Abhinav Jain:
>     > Sir
>     >
>     > Thanks for your reply and guidance. It will be a great help if you
>     > please provide me a direction so that I can proceed further.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks and Regards
>     > Abhinav Jain
> 
>     Hello Abhinav Jain,
> 
>     please keep that discussion on the mailing list so that others might can
>     assist too except there is some specific reason for not having it
>     public.
> 
>     If you are interested in GSoC, please start by reading the GSoC page
>     (https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC
>     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC>) and do the "GSoC Getting Started"
>     (https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/GettingStarted
>     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/GettingStarted>).
> 
>     If you just want to do some work out of GSoC occasionally, it would be
>     good if you could provide more details, what exactly you would like to
>     do. For example, you told that you have a Raspberry. If you have some
>     goals with that board, feel free to tell them so that we can help you
>     finding out what would be necessary to reach it.
> 
>     Oh, and by the way: Most people have a quite informal communication
>     style on this mailing list. So no need for any "Sir" in the salutation.
> 
>     Regards
> 
>     Christian
> 
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:41 PM, Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de <mailto:list at c-mauderer.de>
>     > <mailto:list at c-mauderer.de <mailto:list at c-mauderer.de>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Am 21.01.2018 um 07:21 schrieb Abhinav Jain:
>     >     > Sir/Madam
>     >     >
>     >     > May I get the liberty to bring it to your kind notice that I
>     am second
>     >     > year engineering student from Delhi, India. I am pursuing my
>     engineering
>     >     > in Instrumentation and Control and for around a year I have
>     been working
>     >     > in Linux Kernel Development, I have been writing small
>     drivers and have
>     >     > a good knowledge of the operating system. For around 2-3
>     months, I am
>     >     > developing some projects using Raspberry Pi.
>     >     >
>     >     > In the process, I read about your organization and came to
>     know that you
>     >     > are working in a field that interests me a lot and I would
>     like to be a
>     >     > part of your projects. I want to be a contributor and will
>     try to give
>     >     > best from my side. 
>     >     >
>     >     > I request you to please assign me some task as per my
>     abilities so that
>     >     > I can start working on it.
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks and Regards
>     >     > Abhinav Jain
>     >     > Mob: - +91 9717743353
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     Hello Abhinav Jain,
>     >
>     >     if you are a student, you could think about participating in GSoC:
>     >     Basically it's a program where Google pays students for doing open
>     >     source work during the semester break. It's always a great
>     opportunity
>     >     for becoming a community member:
>     https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC>
>     >     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC
>     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC>>
>     >
>     >     Independent whether you are interested in GSoC, you might want
>     to take a
>     >     look at the open project page in the wiki. There is a
>     collection of
>     >     projects which need some work. Note that although these
>     projects are
>     >     mostly targeted at GSoC they could be processed out of GSoC
>     context too:
>     >     https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/OpenProjects
>     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/OpenProjects>
>     >     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/OpenProjects
>     <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/OpenProjects>>
>     >
>     >     Best regards
>     >
>     >     Christian Mauderer
>     >
>     >
> 
> 