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    Hello,<br>
    <br>
    This was included in last weeks newsletter, but as the deadline is
    three days away, it needs some extra attention:<br>
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      <p><span>Google Summer of Code ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://code.google.com/soc/">http://code.google.com/soc/</a> ) is
          a nice opportunity for higher education students to spend
          their summers productively by coding in open source software
          projects. This time BalaBit participates in GSoC with the help
          of the <a href="http://www.opensuse.org/">openSUSE</a>
          project. If you are interested in enhancing <a
href="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/overview">syslog-ng</a>
          or <a
            href="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/zorp-gpl/overview">Zorp</a>,
          please see our project ideas on the openSUSE ideas page: <a
            href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#syslog-ng">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#syslog-ng</a>
          and <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#Zorp">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#Zorp</a></span></p>
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      <p><strong>Why it is worth attending?</strong><br>
        - You can have a lifetime experience<br>
        - It looks good in your CV<br>
        - If you need documentation from Google to provide to your
        school so you can obtain course credit, you can get it &#8211; after
        the positive final evaluation from your mentor<br>
        - You can earn 5000 USD for a 3 months student job</p>
      <p><strong>When can I apply?</strong><br>
        The deadline is 6th April (Friday) 2012, 19:00 UTC.</p>
      <p><strong>Who can apply?</strong><br>
        - Students, 18 years of age or older on or before April 23,
        2012.<br>
        Google defines a student as an individual enrolled in or
        accepted into an accredited institution including (but not
        necessarily limited to) colleges, universities, masters
        programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs. You are
        eligible to apply if you are enrolled in an accredited
        pre-university educational program provided you meet all of the
        other eligibility requirements.<br>
        More details: <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#age_restrictions">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#age_restrictions</a></p>
      <p><strong>How to apply?</strong><br>
        - Please discuss your application first with the project mentor
        (syslog-ng: Gergely Nagy <a href="mailto:algernon@balabit.hu"
          rel="nofollow">algernon@balabit.hu</a>, Zorp: Szilard Pfeiffer
        <a href="mailto:coroner@balabit.hu">coroner@balabit.hu</a>) and
        then apply at Google at <a
          href="http://www.google-melange.com/">http://www.google-melange.com/
        </a>and introduce yourself on the opensuse-project mailing list<a
          href="https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/">
          (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/&nbsp; </a>)<br>
        - Please also attach a test exercise (depends on the project you
        apply to) a log of a successful <strong>syslog-ng</strong> 3.3
        compilation from source/a log of a successful <strong>Zorp</strong>
        3.9.5 compilation from source. An even more interesting thing
        would be if applicants already tried the Zorp virtual machines
        in advance, to get familiar with the software.</p>
      <p><strong>When I will be informed about further details?</strong><br>
        On 23rd April the accepted student proposals announced on the
        Google Summer of Code 2012 site.<br>
        <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline">For
          further timeline, please visit </a><a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline</a></p>
      <p>In case of any questions, please visit the Google Summer of
        Code 2012 Frequently Asked Questions site: <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#</a></p>
      <p>We wish you good luck, and hope to hear from you soon!</p>
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    (this page is the current content of
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2012/03/gsoc-wants-you-to-code-syslog-ngzorp-in-the-summer/">http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2012/03/gsoc-wants-you-to-code-syslog-ngzorp-in-the-summer/</a>
    , which hold more recent information later on).<br>
    <br>
    Bye,<br>
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Peter Czanik (CzP) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:czanik@balabit.hu">&lt;czanik@balabit.hu&gt;</a>
BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/">http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/</a>
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