---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matt Lee mattl@gnu.org Date: Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:59 PM Subject: [gnu-prog-discuss] GNU Generation To: gnu-prog-discuss@gnu.org
GNU Generation is a program by the FSF to involve young people (approx. aged 13-18) in free software. It is provided as a service to projects to find new young contributors, and to students to get interested in free software and start contributing to projects. Developers can create tasks, or projects, for students to complete on the GNU Generation page (http://fsf.org/gnugeneration). These projects can be incredibly specific, giving instruction on exactly what is to be completed, or more broad, offering only some general information about the task and how to get started. The goal for GNU Generation is for these students to become regular contributors to your project.
There are a wide range of talents in the GNU Generation program already. Projects can include coding of any difficulty, from simple scripting to advanced C. They can include art, documentation, translation or other areas as well. Projects can even be solely advocacy; it is completely up to whoever creates them.
If you do not have any specific ideas for projects, but would prefer to have students think of their own projects related to your application, you can leave your contact information and an overview of your free software application under the "Project specific" section of the brainstorming page on the site (http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:GNU_Generation/Project_brainstorming). Chances are few participants will take the time to look into your project more deeply, but this will at least provide them with a place to start if they already use and love your application. If you have any ideas unrelated to a specific free software application, you can feel free to add them to the top part of this page as well.
There is no guarantee that any particular project will be taken, though either way, projects represented here will definitely gain more exposure to participants. If you are interested, please see the website (http://www.fsf.org/gnugeneration) for more information on how GNU Generation can help students while helping your free software project.