We have completed our GSoC 2013 application

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On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 06:42:34 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
> Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the 
> funding? Perhaps
> there are still students and mentors that would be interested
> in contributing their time for their name down in the history 
> of D. :)
>
> We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process 
> that way
> everyone knows what is expected and there is still the 
> experience
> and record of that experience for potential employers to refer 
> to so that
> candidates can use the experience for reference.
>
> The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as 
> opposed to
> a unstable community where references would mean nothing).
> I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work 
> full-time and
> wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.

Nice idea. I have been full of envy all the times when D + GSoC 
happened because you need to be somehow tied to formal education 
system to apply. Opportunity to work under the mentorship of 
experienced D developer should be valuable enough on its own, 
even without funding.