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What is the Code For Freedom contest?
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Code For Freedom is an open source code contest conducted by Sun Microsystems targeting the student community. Through this contest, we intend to involve the large student community to join the open source movement by contributing to the various open source initiatives that Sun espouses.
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Why is Sun interested in open source?
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Sun Microsystems believes in the inherent power of participation. Open source is a proven model where participation culminates to great technological innovations. Some examples are Linux, Apache Web Server and Open Office. Open Source brings common minded individuals together and helps grow a community that thrives in sharing and contributing.
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Java, which is currently running on six billion devices is one of Sun's largest contributions to open source. It is not just software that gets open sourced, Sun has also open sourced chip designing. The OpenSparc architecture for the latest multi core chips has been published as an open design for anyone to contribute. Who is eligible to participate in the contest?
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Any resident student (foreign or Indian) of an accredited Indian Educational institution.
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Do I need to submit any proof for my eligibility?
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Proofs are to be submitted at a later stage when your submissions get selected by the committee. The selected participants will be intimated later about the proofs.
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I just wrote my final exam. Can I participate?
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If you are a student who has just finished your final exams, you can participate in the contest as long as:
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You make your submission before you graduate You make your submission before you join a company and Your college/university can verify your student status What if I have more queries regarding the contest?
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Keep visiting the page for more updates. You can also mail your queries to codeforfreedom@sun.com
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How many submissions can I submit?
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You are encouraged to submit as many projects as you can. We have special prizes for significant contributors.
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What is the last day for submissions?
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Completed projects must be submitted by 30 April, 2009. All project proposals must be pre-approved and validated by 31, December, 2008.
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Can we contribute as a group?
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Yes, students can work in teams, the maximum team size being 3.
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What are the prizes for the contest?
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All prize winners also get a free OpenSolaris certification course from Sun Microsystems. What are the prizes for the Colleges/Universities?
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The Colleges/Universities with highest number of valid and complete project contributions receive prizes. The prizes include a trophy (Gold, Silver, and Bronze for first, second and third highest number of contributions respectively), a SunSPOT lab kit, and a free two-day Faculty Development Training on OpenSolaris.
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Is the contest same as last year?
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NO. This year's contest requires you to develop a software application of your choice using Sun technologies. It does not require contributions or bug fixes to Sun open source projects or technologies.
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What kind of projects or applications should I develop?
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Acceptable entries for the contest would include a software project developed using Sun open source technologies or code contributions to a Sun open source project or technology. You can choose what works best for you. Final year projects are also accepted as long as they are implemented using Sun technologies. The project must meet the minimum Sun technology usage criteria as per the rules.
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Here are the types of projects that will be accepted (this list is not complete by any means): - A software application that is written in Java, uses MySQL and is deployed in Glassfish What are the different stages of this contest?
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- First, you must register your team
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- Second, submit your project proposal by December 31, 2008 - Wait for project proposal submission approval. If your project proposal is approved, you must submit your final project by April 30, 2009. If my project proposal is accepted, do I get any help (such as mentors or other resources) from Sun?
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No. If a proposal gets accepted, it is expected that the students implement it using their own resources.
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Will contributions to Sun open source projects be accepted as entries to the contest?
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Yes, if they are code contributions meeting minimum technology usage rules.
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Can I submit my final year project as an entry for the contest?
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Yes, as long as they are implemented to meet the minimum technology usage rules.
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I have a doubt regarding the kind of project expected. Do you expect some application that can be deployed on Glassfish? Or, do you expect some contribution to development of Glassfish itself?
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Both kind of projects will be accepted as valid entries for the contest. However, the contribution to Glassfish should be a code contribution, not documentation, test, etc.
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Do I have to develop a new software application using the open source softwares provided by Sun? Or, do I need to contribute to the open source projects in which Sun is involved?
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Both kind of projects will be accepted as long as the contribution to the open source project is a code contribution. See the Rules for judging criteria as well.
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Where can I download Netbeans?
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Where can I download Sun Studio tools?
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You can download it from developers.sun.com. Instructions for downloading Sun Studio 12 is also available here:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sun_studio_12_tools/ |
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