====== The Google Summer of Code ======
Each summer the [[http://code.google.com/soc/|Google Summer of Code]] sponsors students to work on Open Source projects. This Wiki introduces ideas, guidelines, and goals involving how we handle the SoC process.

===== Current happenings (2010) =====
Not much done is yet, except GSoC students may propose their own ideas (to gsoc@lists.php.net) -OR- choose one from the php.net [[ideas]] page.

===== How to get involved =====
If you have an idea, or are interested in the [[ideas|ideas listed here]], or simply want to have a conversation with humans living within the PHP project, then check out the #php.pecl (for PEAR proposals use #pear) IRC channel on Efnet or write the gsoc@lists.php.net mailing list.

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===== Ideas =====
Students either submit proposals of their own, or seek and work with ideas provided by the PHP project to work on.

  * [[gsoc:2010]]
  * [[gsoc:2009:ideas|2009]]
  * [[gsoc:2008]]

===== Planning =====

We made some experiences with GSoC and have some ideas to improve. Probably there will be a GSoC 2009 so let's collect all of the plans to improve:

  * [[gsoc::planning_2009]]

===== General Notes =====
The License, Copyright, and Credits should follow the general guidelines of the given part of the PHP Project. In other words, use the PHP License.