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Welcome to coreboot [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/ | Welcome to coreboot [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/coreboot Google Summer of Code, 2015]. *** coreboot is in the 2015 organization Application Process *** | ||
coreboot has many [[Project Ideas]] for various firmware ability levels. The coreboot project also hosts [http://flashrom.org/GSoC flashrom] and [http://serialice.com/GSoC SerialICE] projects. | coreboot has many [[Project Ideas]] for various firmware ability levels. The coreboot project also hosts [http://flashrom.org/GSoC flashrom] and [http://serialice.com/GSoC SerialICE] projects. | ||
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= Why work on coreboot for GSoC | = Why work on coreboot for GSoC 2015? = | ||
* coreboot has a worldwide developer and user base. | * coreboot has a worldwide developer and user base. | ||
* We have a large, helpful community. coreboot has some extremely talented and helpful experts in firmware involved in the project. They are ready to assist and mentor students participating in GSoC | * We have a large, helpful community. coreboot has some extremely talented and helpful experts in firmware involved in the project. They are ready to assist and mentor students participating in GSoC 2015. | ||
* One of the last areas where open source software is not common is firmware. Running proprietary firmware can have severe effects on user's freedom and security. coreboot changes that by providing a common framework for initial hardware initialization and you can help us succeed. | * One of the last areas where open source software is not common is firmware. Running proprietary firmware can have severe effects on user's freedom and security. coreboot changes that by providing a common framework for initial hardware initialization and you can help us succeed. | ||
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== Important dates == | == Important dates == | ||
The official timetable can be found [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/ | The official timetable can be found [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015 here]. | ||
<font size= 1>All deadlines end at 19:00 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC UTC].</font size> | <font size= 1>All deadlines end at 19:00 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC UTC].</font size> | ||