[ruby-core:41495] Re: [ANN] 2011 Call for grant proposals

Hello,

The following two projects have been selected from 16 proposals by
thegrant committee.
Ruby reference manual for you, me and everyoneApplicant: Yutaka Hara
Ruby has API documentation only in English and Japanese, and
theirworks are going separately. This project aims to provide a system
forRuby's API documentation with a model "one central
documentation(English) and its translations to other languages" to
make it easierto start translating to a new language.
kryptApplicant: Martin Bo=DFlet
The goal of the krypt project is to provide a platform-
andlibrary-independent cryptography API for Ruby. Not only C-based
Rubyimplementations should be able to benefit from it, but there will
alsobe an implementation for JRuby.
The focus is on providing most of the features in Ruby,
whileadditionally offering the possibility to integrate OS-
orlanguage-specific native libraries to implement
cryptographicprimitives. The milestones of the grant period cover two
of the majorbuilding blocks of krypt: a streaming ASN.1 parser and a
Ruby DSL forparsing and encoding arbitrary ASN.1 objects - the basic
buildingblocks of most cryptographic protocols. There will be 2
separateimplementations for Java- and C-based Rubies to guarantee
maximumperformance, offering a Ruby interface that will be used
throughoutthe library to implement higher-level functionality.
Documentationincludes RDoc, general interface documentation in the
project wiki, aswell as a technical specification in the form of RSpec
specs.
Thanks for the applications.
2011/10/25 Shugo Maeda <[e-mail]>:
> Hello,
>
> The Ruby Association is looking to give grants for development projects
> related to Ruby implementations, libraries and frameworks, including
> projects that improve existing software.
>
> =A0http://www.ruby-assn.org/en/releases/20111025_grant.htm
>
> If you have a good idea, please submit a proposal. =A0However, please
> note that we do not intend to fund development projects of Ruby
> applications for specific purposes because the aim of this grant is to
> improve Ruby and its environment.
>
> =3D=3D Grant Size
>
> 500,000 yen (JPY)
>
> =3D=3D Eligibility for applicants
>
> Any individual or organization can submit one or more proposals.
>
> =3D=3D Selection process
>
> The grant committee will assess the proposals, and will select two
> projects from them.
>
> =3D=3D Selection criteria
>
> Applications will be judged on the following criteria (in no particular o=
rder):
>
> * Impact on the productivity and performance of Ruby and its environment
> * Originality and creativity of the project
> * Feasibility of the project
>
> =3D=3D Evaluations
>
> Accepted applicants are required to submit two reports: the
> intermediate report and the final report. =A0The grant committee will
> evaluate them.
>
> =3D=3D Copyrights and licenses of the deliverables
>
> Accepted applicants will retain all rights of the deliverables. =A0Howeve=
r,
> the deliverables are required to be licensed under one or more OSI
> approved licenses. =A0When improving existing software, the licenses of
> the deliverables are required to be compatible with the original
> software.
>
> =3D=3D How to submit a proposal
>
> Please send an email with the following information (in English or
> Japanese) to grant2011(at)ruby-assn.org:
>
> * Applicant name (individual or organization)
> * Contact person
> * Contact e-mail address
> * Brief biography
> * Project title
> * Project details
> * Project deliverables
>
> =3D=3D Schedule
>
> All dates are in JST (UTC+09:00).
>
> Nov 18 2011 =A0 =A0 Due date for submission of proposals
> Dec 01 2011 =A0 =A0 Notification of the selection result
> Jan 31 2012 =A0 =A0 Due date for the intermediate reports
> Mar 19 2012 =A0 =A0 Due date for the final reports
>



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Shugo Maeda