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 === Why is your organization applying to participate in Google Summer of Code? What do you hope to gain by participating? ===
-Octave has participated during the last three years as part of the GNU project. Due to the success of those experiences, where many
+We hope to establish collaborations with talented new contributors.  We also want to raise awareness of Octave in the free software community.
-members of the Octave community helped mentor the students, we are trying again to enter GSoC as a participating organization.
-We hope to establish collaborations with talented new contributors.  We also want to raise awareness of
+Google Summer of Code represents a unique opportunity to bring new perspectives to the Octave community.  As a somewhat older project, we benefit from having new and younger contributors among our developers.  We have been able to retain several GSoC participants as contributors to the Octave project and we hope to improve in the future by engaging more effectively with students during both the application and mentoring processes, setting clear standards for what is required for acceptance, and maintaining those standards throughout the project.
-Octave in the free software community.
-Google Summer of Code represents a unique opportunity to bring new perspectives to the Octave community.  As a somewhat older project, we benefit from having new and younger contributors among our developers.  Our past record of retaining GSoC participants as contributors to the Octave project is mixed but we hope to improve in the future by engaging more effectively with students during both the application and mentoring processes, setting clear standards for what is required for acceptance, and maintaining those standards throughout the project.
 === Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. ===