Re: [GSoC][Introducing Myself]

[Werner LEMBERG]

Hello Kostya,


welcome to FreeType!

> I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Kostya Farber.  I am a
> data engineer, I work at Aviva and am based in London.  I have a
> strong passion and love for software development and technology in
> general.

Nice!

> I have been learning c for a while now, mostly writing systems
> programs in a Linux environment and generally writing small programs
> for fun.  I want to further develop my skills in this area.  The
> reason I am interested in this project particularly, is because I
> love fonts and typography.  I have always dreamed of somehow being
> involved or contributing in this space, and I think this is a great
> opportunity to do so!

It would be great if you could contribute to FreeType.

> I am conscious that I do have a full time job, but seeing as Google
> has announced the opportunity for non-students [...]

Unfortunately, GSoC explicitly discourages participating organizations
from taking 'such' non-students.  To quote a very recent e-mail from
Stephanie Taylor, the GSoC program manager (on the non-public 'Google
Summer of Code Mentors List'):

  GSoC is intended for beginners to open source software development,
  it is not intended for experienced software engineering
  professionals.

  The spirit of the program is to welcome new contributors to open
  source software development.

  GSoC is not a way to help professional software engineers gain more
  experience in software development or earn additional money.

In other words, we welcome any contribution from you to FreeType, and
we would be as supportive as with GSoC students, but this can't happen
within the framework of GSoC itself.  Sorry.


    Werner