<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
often	O
abbreviated	O
to	O
GSoC	B-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
international	O
annual	O
program	O
in	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
awards	O
stipends	O
to	O
contributors	O
who	O
successfully	O
complete	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
coding	O
project	O
during	O
the	O
summer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
came	O
directly	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
founders	O
,	O
Sergey	O
Brin	O
and	O
Larry	O
Page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	O
are	O
then	O
evaluated	O
by	O
the	O
corresponding	O
mentoring	O
organization	O
,	O
with	O
mentors	O
and	O
organizational	O
administrators	O
reviewing	O
the	O
applications	O
and	O
deciding	O
how	O
many	O
"	O
slots	O
"	O
to	O
request	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
which	O
proposals	O
to	O
accept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
allocates	O
slots	O
to	O
each	O
organization	O
,	O
taking	O
into	O
account	O
organizational	O
capacity	O
,	O
mentoring	O
history	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
the	O
organization	O
has	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
organizations	O
select	O
the	O
top	O
proposals	O
to	O
fill	O
their	O
slots	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
verifies	O
eligibility	O
before	O
announcing	O
accepted	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
overwhelming	O
response	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
expanded	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
419	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Students	O
that	O
successfully	O
completed	O
their	O
proposal	O
to	O
the	O
satisfaction	O
of	O
their	O
mentoring	O
organization	O
were	O
awarded	O
$4500	O
and	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
T-shirt	O
,	O
while	O
$500	O
per	O
project	O
was	O
sent	O
to	O
the	O
mentoring	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
80%	O
of	O
the	O
projects	O
were	O
successfully	O
completed	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
although	O
completion	O
rates	O
varied	O
by	O
organization	O
:	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
reported	O
a	O
completion	O
rate	O
of	O
only	O
64%	O
,	O
and	O
KDE	B-Application
reported	O
a	O
67%	O
completion	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
not	O
giving	O
sufficient	O
time	O
to	O
open	O
source	O
organizations	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
plan	O
projects	O
for	O
the	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
criticisms	O
there	O
were	O
41	O
organizations	O
involved	O
,	O
including	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Apache	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
Mozdev	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
by	O
Chris	O
DiBona	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
open	O
source	O
program	O
manager	O
,	O
"	O
something	O
like	O
30	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
students	O
stuck	O
with	O
their	O
groups	O
past	O
SoC	O
[	O
Summer	O
of	O
Code ]	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
developer	O
Gervase	O
Markham	O
also	O
commented	O
that	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
10	O
Google-sponsored	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
projects	I-Operating_System
survived	O
after	O
the	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Gaim	B-Protocol
(	O
now	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
)	O
project	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
enlist	O
enough	O
coding	O
support	O
through	O
the	O
event	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
changes	O
into	O
Gaim	B-Protocol
(	O
now	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
)	O
2.0	O
;	O
the	O
Jabber	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
Foundation	I-Protocol
(	O
now	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
Standards	I-Protocol
Foundation	I-Protocol
)	O
and	O
KDE	B-Application
project	O
also	O
counted	O
a	O
few	O
surviving	O
projects	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
from	O
the	O
event	O
(	O
KDE	B-Application
only	O
counted	O
1	O
continuing	O
project	O
from	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
24	O
projects	O
which	O
it	O
sponsored	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
around	O
6,000	O
applications	O
were	O
submitted	O
,	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
because	O
all	O
applicants	O
were	O
required	O
to	O
have	O
Google	B-Application
Accounts	O
which	O
reduced	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
spam	O
applications	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
and	O
most	O
mentors	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
proposals	O
were	O
of	O
much	O
higher	O
quality	O
than	O
2005	O
's	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
organizations	O
that	O
participated	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
,	O
Adium	B-Protocol
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ReactOS	B-Application
participated	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
had	O
decided	O
to	O
sponsor	O
around	O
600	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
results	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
declared	O
by	O
5:00	O
PM	O
PDT	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
considerable	O
delay	O
in	O
publishing	O
it	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
not	O
expected	O
several	O
students	O
to	O
be	O
selected	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
allows	O
one	O
student	O
to	O
undertake	O
only	O
one	O
project	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
Google	B-Application
several	O
hours	O
to	O
resolve	O
the	O
duplicate	O
acceptances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acceptance	O
letters	O
were	O
sent	O
out	O
on	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
at	O
3:13	O
AM	O
PDT	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
letters	O
were	O
also	O
sent	O
out	O
to	O
some	O
1,600	O
applicants	O
who	O
had	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
not	O
been	O
accepted	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
SoC	O
committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
has	O
released	O
a	O
final	O
list	O
of	O
projects	O
accepted	O
into	O
the	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
SoC	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
has	O
since	O
resolved	O
these	O
issues	O
by	O
allowing	O
each	O
student	O
involved	O
in	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
to	O
provide	O
a	O
brief	O
abstract	O
message	O
that	O
is	O
publicly	O
viewable	O
and	O
completely	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
proposal	O
that	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2006	O
ended	O
on	O
2006-09-08	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
82%	O
of	O
the	O
students	O
received	O
a	O
positive	O
evaluation	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
accepted	O
131	O
organizations	O
and	O
over	O
900	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
received	O
nearly	O
6,200	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
more	O
students	O
to	O
apply	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
extended	O
the	O
application	O
deadline	O
from	O
March	O
24	O
to	O
March	O
26	O
at	O
the	O
last	O
minute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
officials	O
reported	O
that	O
only	O
the	O
acceptance	O
email	O
was	O
the	O
definitive	O
indication	O
of	O
acceptance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
chose	O
174	O
open	O
source	O
organizations	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
greatly	O
increased	O
from	O
131	O
the	O
year	O
before	O
and	O
102	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
7100	O
proposals	O
were	O
received	O
for	O
the	O
2008	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
of	O
which	O
1125	O
were	O
selected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
university	O
results	O
were	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
"	O
Open	O
Source	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
"	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
Moratuwa	O
came	O
first	O
in	O
both	O
"	O
Top	O
10	O
Universities	O
of	O
2008	O
GSoC	B-Application
applicants	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Top	O
10	O
accepted	O
universities	O
2008	O
GSoC	B-Application
"	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrocław	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
able	O
to	O
secure	O
the	O
second	O
place	O
in	O
"	O
2008	O
GSoC	B-Application
Accepted	O
:	O
Top	O
10	O
Universities	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
while	O
Universidade	O
Estadual	O
de	O
Campinas	O
became	O
second	O
in	O
"	O
2008	O
GSoC	B-Application
Applicants	O
:	O
Top	O
10	O
Universities	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
2009	O
Google	B-Application
reduced	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
software	O
projects	O
to	O
150	O
,	O
and	O
capped	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
student	O
projects	O
it	O
would	O
accept	O
at	O
1	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
85	O
percent	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
successfully	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
Google	B-Application
accepted	O
150	O
software	O
projects	O
and	O
1,026	O
students	O
from	O
69	O
countries	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
13	O
universities	O
with	O
the	O
highest	O
number	O
of	O
students	O
accepted	O
into	O
the	O
2011	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
account	O
for	O
14.5	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
breakdown	O
of	O
college	O
degrees	O
for	O
the	O
2011	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
was	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
55%	O
of	O
the	O
students	O
were	O
undergraduates	O
,	O
23.3	O
%	O
were	O
pursuing	O
their	O
master	O
's	O
degrees	O
,	O
10.2	O
%	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
their	O
PhDs	O
and	O
11.5	O
%	O
did	O
not	O
specify	O
which	O
degree	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
toward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2012	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
1,212	O
proposals	O
were	O
accepted	O
in	O
180	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
since	O
inception	O
,	O
the	O
highest	O
number	O
of	O
GSoC	B-Application
participants	O
came	O
from	O
India	O
(	O
227	O
)	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
USA	O
(	O
173	O
)	O
and	O
Germany	O
(	O
72	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
Mauritius	O
,	O
an	O
African	O
country	O
,	O
participated	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2013	O
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
177	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
and	O
organizations	O
would	O
take	O
part	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2014	O
on	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
190	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
and	O
organizations	O
would	O
take	O
part	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2015	O
on	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
137	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
and	O
organizations	O
would	O
take	O
part	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
some	O
notable	O
exceptions	O
including	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
Tor	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
highest	O
number	O
of	O
GSoC	B-Application
participants	O
came	O
from	O
India	O
(	O
335	O
)	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
USA	O
(	O
127	O
)	O
and	O
Sri	O
Lanka	O
(	O
58	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2016	O
on	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
massive	O
expansion	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
in	O
November	O
of	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
also	O
rolled	O
out	O
both	O
medium	O
and	O
large	O
projects	O
to	O
give	O
open	O
source	O
organizations	O
flexibility	O
to	O
tackle	O
more	O
complex	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
