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The [http://www.xmpp.org/ XMPP Standards Foundation] (formerly the Jabber Software Foundation) will once again [http://code.google.com/soc/xmpp/about.html participate] in Google's [http://code.google.com/soc/ Summer of Code] project for 2007. | The [http://www.xmpp.org/ XMPP Standards Foundation] (formerly the Jabber Software Foundation) will once again [http://code.google.com/soc/xmpp/about.html participate] in Google's [http://code.google.com/soc/ Summer of Code] project for 2007. | ||
XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, an XML wire protocol for real-time communication that emerged from the [http://www.jabber.org/ Jabber] open-source community. Although our community is centered around open standards instead of a single open-source codebase, we still have a strong commitment to open code and there are many free and open-source projects in our community. | |||
This year we will do things a little differently. In particular, we have recruited mentors ahead of time and potential mentors have defined project ideas that students can work on. This is similar to a "Request for Proposal" process, with the mentors being the people who defined the RFPs and who will "interview" the student whose proposals are of interest. | This year we will do things a little differently. In particular, we have recruited mentors ahead of time and potential mentors have defined project ideas that students can work on. This is similar to a "Request for Proposal" process, with the mentors being the people who defined the RFPs and who will "interview" the student whose proposals are of interest. | ||
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* End-to-end encryption (though we have a separate project for that) | * End-to-end encryption (though we have a separate project for that) | ||
Most of those priority projects can be done in [http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml clients], [http://www.jabber.org/software/servers.shtml servers], or [http://www.jabber.org/software/libraries.shtml libraries], so there is plenty of opportunity for fun SoC work. We prefer that you contribute to existing open-source | Most of those priority projects can be done in [http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml clients], [http://www.jabber.org/software/servers.shtml servers], or [http://www.jabber.org/software/libraries.shtml libraries], so there is plenty of opportunity for fun SoC work. We prefer that you contribute to existing open-source codebases instead of starting a new codebase, since it will be easier to find a mentor, so look at the [http://www.jabber.org/software/ existing projects] to find a good fit. If you have questions about an existing codebase, ask the maintainers of that codebase or post to the [http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev main developer list]. | ||
== Client == | == Client == | ||