Summer of Content

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What do software developers have to teach creators of other content? What do other content creators have to teach developers? What are the traditions that should be honored here, in the way that the FOSS and free licensing communities honor the idea of common spaces where creativity is shared, inspired, and grown? -paraphrasing Karsten Wade

Introduction

We believe that this is a powerful idea: that everyone is a creator, and that creativity and understanding improve when they are shared. Open source software is part of this; Open content is another.

The Summer of Content program (SoCon) is a way for us to turn this belief into action. We are focusing on summers in the southern hemisphere as much as in the north; on local creation in developing nations; and on providing an outlet for creators devoting energy to freely licensed content and for organizations that want to support this creation.

2008

Details for Summer of Content 2008 are still forthcoming. We're working on a separate wiki for SoCon applications, which should launch mid-March. In the meantime, if you have proposals for projects, put them at Summer of Content 2008 Proposals, and we'll port them to the new wiki and notify you when the site is up if you give us a way to get in touch with you (wiki user talk pages are great).

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2007

The Summer of Content 2007 completed successfully! Thank you to everyone who helped and contributed!

See Summer of Content 2007 History and Summer of Content 2007 for more information about the 2007 program.