GNOME Revamps and Renews Outreach Program for Women

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 23, 2010 4:13 PM EDT
OStatic; By Kristin Shoemaker
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Let's face it. Even though open source conferences, conventions, and projects have seen an increase in the number of female participants, there's a strikingly male majority in the world of free software. While the greater free software community, media outlets, conferences and projects are finding diverse ways to draw women to open source, the GNOME Foundation's Outreach is built on a familiar framework. The approach? Think Google Summer of Code -- complete with internships, mentors, and sponsors -- with an emphasis on team contributions rather than stand-alone projects.

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