Re: Call for Debian projects and mentors in Google Summer of Code 2026

Hi Dominik,

On 2025-12-06 11:50, Dominik George wrote:
> I object to the participation.
> 
> As much as it might help Debian, we urgently need to stop helping Google to play a part in everything.
there may be a misunderstanding here. Google is simply funding open
source development.

GSoC helps new, younger contributors justify spending time on open
source projects. I've only recently participated as a mentor, and was
very positively surprised by the process and the outcome. Google didn't
play any part other than being generous.

With GSoC, I believe Google is doing something genuinely good, and at
substantial cost to them, not us.

Best,
Christian