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Google pledges $50,000+ in GNOME Bounties

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Google has recently announced their Summer of Code program, a program designed to introduce students to the world of Open Source Software Development. A list of these $4500 bounties can be found here. News.com also has a story covering the event.

> I wish google had offered s

> I wish google had offered some bounty on more pressing matters.

It wasn't Google that offered them the bounties. They were written by the Gnome devs, in a hurry it seems. Probably it would have been wiser to wait a few more hours, like other projects did (yes, including the one which starts with a k).