[Haskell] [Google Summer of Code 2018] Student Applications are now open

[Gershom B]

On March 16, 2018 at 7:08:20 AM, Tillmann Vogt (tillmann.vogt at rwth-aachen.de(mailto:tillmann.vogt at rwth-aachen.de)) wrote:
> I know I know. I am supposed to just ignore this. You most likely just  
> copied it from a template. The people with the money want control over  
> our minds. And we should better not complain or there will be no GSOC  
> next year. SCNR.  

This was not mindlessly copied from a template, and it was not imposed by google. This was written by the people involved in the Haskell GSoC work, because we meant it. It was not written to ask people to ignore. It was written to ask people to consider, and to indicate that we understand that in drawing people into the world of free software development, we should take pains to make the tools we build and use as widely accessible as possible. We want to share the joy of functional programming with everyone, and that means, especially that we want to help foster Haskell among those that are, thus far, historically underrepresented in the world of functional programming. I think it is a good thing.

Best,
Gershom

(p.s. This list is intended to be low-traffic and for announcements. Future discussion on this list would be off topic. If people would like discussion to continue, I suggest haskell-cafe).