Calling for Google Summer of Code 2011
Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. For the summer of 2011, the MuseScore developer team is looking for students who would like to work on MuseScore.
When MuseScore gets accepted as a mentoring organization, Google will provide a stipend of 5500 USD per accepted student developer which is shared between the student and the mentor. Read on if you are interested to participate.
For those who are entirely new to MuseScore, download MuseScore and get familiar with the software. For the Google Summer of Code, you can make your own project proposal or select one from this list which will be updated over the coming month with some more ideas.
For more information, read further on the Summer of Code website. You can get in touch with the MuseScore developers on the mailing list or the #musescore IRC channel on freenode.net.
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I (lasconic) will be mentoring together with Thomas and Werner. More mentors are welcome !
A mentor
Maybe one or more of these ideas would be appropriate for the Google summer of code list? In no particular order:
1. For Drumset notation: allow standard note entry so that you can just click on the appropriate line or space to enter a note for a particular drum, rather than having to keep switching back and forth between different drums using the drums palette.
2. Allow users to create additional custom note head types/shapes, perhaps by importing an image file for a particular note head symbol, or by using symbols from fonts besides MuseScore's default font?
3. For Drumset notation: allow users to define different note heads for different note durations, for example, one note head type for crotchets and another for minims of one particular pitch. This could just be one note head shape for "solid" notes (crotchets or smaller duration) and one for "hollow" notes (minims or larger).
4. Allow users to customize the vertical position of staff lines beyond just setting how many lines a given staff has (in Staff Properties).
Just some thoughts, thanks for making MuseScore such a great app!
-Paul Morris
P.S. I believe all of these features are available in Finale. They would make it easier to support non-conventional notation systems, like shape note notation, or alternative notation systems that use a chromatic staff ( http://musicnotation.org/musicnotations/ ).
P.P.S. I also posted these as feature requests in the forums. Thanks for considering them.
Hi Thomas Bonte,
Thank you for submitting "MuseScore" organization application to Google Summer of Code 2011. Unfortunately, we were unable to accept your organization's application at this time. We received many more applications for the program than we are able to accommodate, and we would encourage you to reapply for future instances of the program.
Best regards,
Google Open Source Programs
A real pity but we'll try next year again! If you are still looking to enjoy your summer on coding, check out the projects that got accepted. Good luck!