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<h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2008</h2>
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Last year in 2007, The Tor Project in collaboration with <a
href="https://www.eff.org/">The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>
successfully took part in <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google
Summer of Code 2007</a>. In total we had four students as full-time
developers for the summer of 2007.
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Google has announced that there will also be a <a
href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/">Google Summer of Code 2008</a>...
and we have been <a
href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/eff/about.html">accepted!</a>
This page contains some information for interested students.
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The <a
href="http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline">deadline</a>
for your <a
href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants">application</a>
is <b>April 7, 2008</b> at 5pm Pacific time.
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You must be self-motivated and able to work independently. We have
a thriving community of interested developers on the IRC channel and
mailing lists, and we're eager to work with you, brainstorm about design,
and so on, but you need to be able to manage your own time, and you
need to already be familiar with how free software development on the
Internet works.
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In addition to getting some more development work
done on Tor and related applications, Google and Tor are most interested
in getting students involved in Tor development in a way that keeps them
involved after the summer too. As such, we will give priority to students
who have demonstrated continued interest and responsiveness.
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