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Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC
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- From: "Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>
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- Subject: Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:11:17 +0100
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On 2/5/25 14:41, Andre Caldas ( via cgal-discuss Mailing List) wrote:
I am writing to inquire about the contribution guidelines for CGAL and
how I can get involved in addressing issues or improving the library.
However, application period for GSoC has not yet started and CGAL
isn't even accepted. Also please avoid sending email about GSoC on
this mailing list.
This was not an e-mail about GSoC.
It was clearly an e-mail asking on how one can contribute to CGAL.
That WAS an email about GSoC:
" ... participating in GSoC would be a fantastic opportunity ... "
Contributions are welcome, but we unfortunately don't have the manpower
Many questions I wanted to ask myself but didn't bother to:
1. The process for contributing to CGAL, including any specific
guidelines or resources for new contributors.
2. Areas in CGAL where help is currently needed or where I can focus
my efforts to make meaningful contributions.
3. How I can connect with the CGAL community to collaborate and seek guidance.
to systematically train people on doing a contribution, if they don't
already know what they want to contribute.
If somebody has an idea for something that would be a good addition, and
already see a possible way to implement it, we will help.
When it comes to GSoC, there are some guidelines written and applicants
should follow then.
far as I understood up to now, CGAL, although "free software" as
per license terms, its development is actually quite closed. The
business model is based on the fear of the GPL and on the lack of full
functionality for the "free version", like "exact square roots". The
"community" is quite closed and restricted to "selected members".
Sorry for the words... that's how I feel. :-(
What are you talking about? There is only one version of CGAL, there is
no secret package. I don't know what you mean by "exact square roots".
All the code produced (being at a research center or GeometryFactory) is
going into the CGAL library and is open-source. The GPL has indeed been
chosen so that if you are yourself not doing open source code, then you
need to a get a commercial license, which seems fair to me.
Best,
Sebastien.
André Caldas.
- [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Bishoy Wadea, 02/03/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory), 02/04/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Andre Caldas, 02/05/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory), 02/05/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Andreas Fabri, 02/05/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Monique Teillaud, 02/07/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Andre Caldas, 02/07/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Andre Caldas, 02/05/2025
- Re: [cgal-discuss] Inquiry About Contribution Guidelines and Participation in CGAL for GSoC, Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory), 02/04/2025
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