From dcd5d62d9a9699304d7441783046fbd3888a277c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshay S Dinesh Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:46:05 +0530 Subject: news: free software camp announcement --- md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md (limited to 'md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md') diff --git a/md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md b/md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a900a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/md/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ + + +# Free Software Camp 2020 Launches On Software Freedom Day + +The world celebrates Software Freedom Day today with the aim of increasing +awareness of Free Software and its virtues, and it is in the same spirit and +excitement that we announce today the Free Software Camp. + +The Free Software Camp is an online mentorship camp on free software organized +by Free Software Foundation of India and Free Software Community of India. It +will start in October and run till end of February. + +The Free Software Camp will be a valuable opportunity for anyone who wishes to +become a contributor to free software projects but feels like they need +structured mentorship and a learning environment to get started. It will also be +an opportunity for existing free software contributors to get new contributors +to their project and facilitate their entry into the free software community. + +Application links for learners and mentors are open now on the [camp +website][camp-site] and will be so till October 15. + +[camp-site]: https://camp.fsf.org.in + +The camp promises to be a safe space for learners to acquaint themselves with +the philosophy of free software while also getting equipped to become free +software contributors. In the first phase of the camp, learners will go through +a series of assignments, interactions, movie screenings, and other activities +that introduces them to the social benefits of free software and exposes them to +the free software culture. They will get help in using free software on their +own devices. At the end of this phase, they will get a chance to explore various +free software projects and working with mentors they will be asked to create +working proposals for contributing to these projects. The camp will match each +learner to a mentor based on their proposal. In the second phase, each learner +starts their free software contribution as per their accepted proposal, closely +working with their mentor. There will be periodic review meetings to address the +needs of the learners and help them stay on track. + +Any free software contributor who can meet mentor expectations listed on the +camp site can apply to become a mentor. They can also add their ideas to the +list of ideas from which the learners can find starting points for writing their +proposals. The mentors will work closely with the camp organizers in evaluation +and selection of proposals, and with learners to facilitate the success of the +selected proposals. + +The camp encourages all kinds of contributions and contribution pathways - +programming, system administration, packaging, UI/UX, forensics, localization, +artworks, documentation, publicity, event organizing, etc. - as long as there is +alignment with the free software philosophy. The camp is conducted online using +free software communication tools like Big Blue Button, Matrix, etc. There is no +fee for participation. + +For more details and applying visit [https://camp.fsf.org.in][camp-site] -- cgit v1.2.3