Couple additional details:
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 10:54:33AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Google has accepted the Inkscape project as an available mentor for their Summer of Code program. In this program, students can undertake a coding project for the mentoring project. Google will award $4500 to the student for completion of the work, and donate $500 to the sponsoring organization.
John Cliff was instrumental in motivating us to get involved, and will be serving as the primary coordinator and point of contact. He will help link students up with Inkscape developers and keep an eye on the overall process. He has created this page listing ideas for projects:
http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Googles_Summer_Of_Code
More information is available on Google's site:
http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html
If you're a student in the U.S. and can code, you may find this to be an
Correction: this is open to students worldwide, not just in the U.S.
extremely enjoyable way to spend your summer! The due date for your application to Google is June 14th. Work is to be completed by Sept 1st. If you're interested, please email John Cliff (simarilius at yahoo dot com) so he's aware; he can also help review your proposal or give advice as you go.
If you're not a student, but know one that enjoys computer programming, please pass word along!
Bryce