A Summer of Open-Source

When it comes to recruiting young talent, the open-source movement faces something of a challenge: Microsoft can tempt college coding whizzes with paid internships. The creators of Linux, the popular open-source operating system, probably can’t.

But Google hopes to level the playing field with a project it calls Summer of Code. It is paying 630 college students to spend the summer sitting at home and programming, according to Wired News. Google isn’t asking the students to do freelance work, though. It pairs each of the young coders with an experienced open-source programmer who acts as a mentor. —Brock Read

Categories: Research, Teaching