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Tahoe-LAFS Summer-of-Code Projects Tahoe-LAFS Summer-of-Code Projects
This page contains a list of concrete suggestions for projects we would like to see applications for in the next Summer of Code. Note that they vary a lot in required skills and difficulty. We hope to get applications with a broad spectrum. This page contains specific suggestions for projects we would like to see in the Summer of Code. Note that they vary a lot in required skills and difficulty. We hope to get applications with a broad spectrum.
If you are interested in working on any of these projects, please contact the developers referenced next to each item. If you are interested in working on any of these projects, please contact the developers referenced next to each item.
In addition, you may wish to discuss your proposal on IRC -- join us on #tahoe-lafs on irc.freenode.net. In addition, you may wish to discuss your proposal on IRC -- join us on #tahoe-lafs on irc.freenode.net.
We encourage you to come up with your own suggestions, if you cannot find a suitable project here. You can find more project ideas by [exploring the issue tracker](ViewTickets). These are not directly applicable to Summer-of-Code, but may serve as ideas for your own suggestions. We encourage you to come up with your own suggestions, if you cannot find a suitable project here. You can find more project ideas by [exploring the issue tracker](ViewTickets). Especially see [tickets labelled 'gsoc'](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/query?status=!closed&order=priority&keywords=~gsoc) (developers: please add this label to any tickets that might make a good GSoC project).
Deadlines and directions for students' applications to the Google Summer-of-Code can be found on [the Google pages](http://code.google.com/soc/). Deadlines and directions for students' applications to the Google Summer-of-Code can be found on [the Google pages](http://code.google.com/soc/).
# Redundant Array of Independent Clouds
Project summary:
* Estimated difficulty: Medium
* Contact: Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn [<zooko@zooko.com>]mailto:zooko@zooko.com
See [the RAIC diagram](http://allmydata.org/~zooko/RAIC.png). Add backends to the storage servers so that they store their shares on a cloud storage system instead of on their local filesystem. See #999 for details, including pointers to the relevant source code.
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This page was modelled on [the NetBSD Summer-of-Code page](http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html). # Mentors
*Who is willing to spend about five hours a week (estimated) helping a student do it right?*
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* [Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn](http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI:DIR2-RO:j74uhg25nwdpjpacl6rkat2yhm:kav7ijeft5h7r7rxdp5bgtlt3viv32yabqajkrdykozia5544jqa/wiki.html) (Python/C/C++/JavaScript, cryptography)
* [Jack Lloyd](http://www.randombit.net) (C/C++/Python, cryptography)
* David-Sarah Hopwood (david-sarah at jacaranda.org) (Python/C/JavaScript, SFTP frontend, security+cryptography)
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This page was modelled on [the NetBSD Summer-of-Code page](http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html).