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Questions

1. What is OpenWengo Code Camp 2006?
2. When can I apply for OpenWengo Code Camp?
3. How does one can submit an application for OpenWengo Code Camp?
4. Which are the selections criteria that will be used by OpenWengo to select students?
5. What is the role of mentors?
6. Who can participate in OpenWengo's Code Camp?
7. Is participating to OpenWengo Code Camp both as a mentor and as a student possible?
8. Who can't participate in OpenWengo Code Camp?
9. My graduation will occur in the middle of OpenWengo Code Camp, am I eligible?
10. Is participating to OpenWengo Code Camp both as a mentor and as a student possible?
11. Do I need to contact the mentoring organization related to the subject I want to apply for?
12. Can I apply for more than one subject proposal?
13. Is it possible to apply with other students on the same subject?
14. Under which license will students' work will be published?
15. When will I get notified whether my application(s) got accepted?
16. Where does source code written in the context of the OpenWengo Code Camp should be stored?
17. How do winners get their stipend?
18. What is the deadline for submitting OpenWengo Code Camp applications?
19. Is there any IRC channel to chat about OpenWengo Code Camp?
20. Are there mailing lists where one can post questions about OpenWengo Code Camp?
21. What's the time line for OpenWengo Code Camp?

Answers

1. What is OpenWengo Code Camp 2006?

   OpenWengo Code Camp is a friendly, challenging and mind-stimulating summer happening aimed at pushing open source software projects forward.
   Students apply for proposed subjects for which they have a particular interest in. These subject proposals describe ways to bring enhancements to existing or new FOSS projects, generally by writing source code.
   If they win the contest for the project they applied to, to be advised by open source software contributors to work during two months on the subject for which they applied and win 3500 euro stipend.
   At the end of the summer, winners should have learned many new and interesting things. Although there is a stipend involved, contestants should keep in mind that they should experience a lot of fun too.

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2. When can I apply for OpenWengo Code Camp?

   Applications will start from June 22th 12:00 PM CEST to July 9th 12:00 PM CEST.

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3. How does one can submit an application for OpenWengo Code Camp?

   In order to apply for OpenWengo's code Camp 2006, please follow these steps: Pick up a subject proposal's reference at http://www.openwengo.org/index.php/codecamp . Send and e-mail to with the subject proposal's reference in the e-mail's subject. If you did not get an answer telling you that your application has been processed after 12 hours, please show up on #openwengo-cc or send your e-mail again. If you received a notification e-mail telling that your application has been processed, you should get an answer telling whether your application has been accepted or not before July 4th 12:00 PM CEST. If you did not receive an answer by then, please come up on our IRC channel (#openwengo-cc on FreeNode).

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4. Which are the selections criteria that will be used by OpenWengo to select students?

   Selections criteria that will be used by OpenWengo during the selection process will be the following:
   - Past achievements with FOSS projects.
   - Ability to break down the project into realistic and relevant steps.
   - Knowledge of required technologies and programming languages.
   - Written communication skills using English.

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5. What is the role of mentors?

   Mentors are in charge of making sure that winners get all information they need to work at their full potential. It means, without being exhaustive:
   - Helping them access, understand and use existing source code.
   - Assisting winners so that they can get in touch with a particular person working on a related subject.
   - Helping the winners to reach their milestones and keep us with their roadmap giving feedback about what is good or bad practice.
   - Explain project's and mentoring organization's policy regarding how to submit new or modified code.
   
   On a per-subject basis, the activity of mentors may change. They may interact more or less closely with winners. For some subjects they may interact as closely as working on the same piece of code. For other subjects, they may just agree on a roadmap and have weekly IRC meetings.

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6. Who can participate in OpenWengo's Code Camp?

   Please, read section 3 of OpenWengo Code Camp Official Rules.

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7. Is participating to OpenWengo Code Camp both as a mentor and as a student possible?

   No, it's not possible.

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8. Who can't participate in OpenWengo Code Camp?

   Please, read section 3 of OpenWengo Code Camp Official Rules.

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9. My graduation will occur in the middle of OpenWengo Code Camp, am I eligible?

   If you're still a student as of June 29h , you can participate in OpenWengo's Code Camp 2006.

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10. Is participating to OpenWengo Code Camp both as a mentor and as a student possible?

    Not this time.

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11. Do I need to contact the mentoring organization related to the subject I want to apply for?

    No, you don't need to. We'll take care of this and get back to you to notify if your application is accepted or not in time.

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12. Can I apply for more than one subject proposal?

    You can apply for more than one subject proposal. Nevertheless, you should not submit any vague or approximative application.
    It would be taken into account negatively.
    We suggest that you focus ideally on one application, and exceptionally consider applying for one more application should you encounter difficulties to choose.

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13. Is it possible to apply/work with other students on the same subject?

    No, all application application/work done in the context of this event should stay the result of individual effort.

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14. Under which license will students' work will be published?

    Student's work should be published under the terms of a GPL-compatible license, as described here: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#TOCGPLCompatibleLicenses.
    If a given student's work would be published under the terms of a GPL-incompatible license, please send an e-mail to to discuss the issue.

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15. When will I get notified whether my application(s) got accepted?

    You'll get notified before July 9th 12:00 PM CEST whether your application(s) is(are) accepted or not.

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16. Where does source code written in the context of the OpenWengo Code Camp should be stored?

    You may store the source code resulting from your development work anywhere you want.
    However, please keep in mind that, to comply with Free Software development observed practices, you should store it in a public place so that everyone can at least have read access to it using widely available tools.
    OpenWengo can provide storage facilities if you wish to host source code or any other resource there.
    In order to benefit from these facilities, please contact openwengo-cc-help@openwengo.com and provide details about which facility you would need.

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17. How do winners get their stipend?

    Please, read section 9 of OpenWengo Code Camp Official Rules.
    

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18. What is the deadline for submitting OpenWengo Code Camp applications?

    The deadline for submitting applications is July 9th 12:00 PM CEST.

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19. Is there any IRC channel to chat about OpenWengo Code Camp?

    Sure, join #openwengo-cc on FreeNode.

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20. Are there mailing lists where one can post questions about OpenWengo Code Camp?

    Yes, feel free to send e-mail to after you subscribed to it.
    To subscribe to , please fill up the form available here: http://dev.openwengo.com/mailman/listinfo/openwengo-cc .

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21. What's the time line for OpenWengo Code Camp?

    Here's the OpenWengo's Code Camp Time line:
    - June 22th 12:00 PM CEST to July 9th 12:00 PM CEST: contestants send their application.
    - July 9th 12:01 PM CEST to July 17th 12:00 PM CEST: OpenWengo select winners.
    - July 17th 12:00 PM CEST: all contestants have been notified about their contests results, and winners can start working
    - September 30th 12:00 PM CEST: End of the Code Camp projects period.

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