I was a student in 2012 and this year I'm mentoring for the first time. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity of strong mentorship when I didn't have much Open Source experience.
Ditto - I did it for two years (2007, 2008) and the people I met working for the Mono Project are folks I've worked with or just became friends with. It was a great experience and has paid off in much bigger ways since.
I do not believe there are any age restrictions but you have to be a student (but any type of student is fine so you typically have older PHD students who participate).
Is there an expected time commitment? I'm working through school while working full time, but would really like to start working on larger side projects. Although, I don't want to make a commitment I can't follow through on.
"You are expected to spend around 30+ hours a week working on your project during the 3 month coding period. If you already have an internship, another summer job, or plan to be gone on vacation for more than a week during that time, GSoC is not the right program for you this year."
However, it isn't exactly like an open ended job for the summer. There is a process by which students and organizations agree on a project for the summer so it is goal oriented.
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https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq
"You are expected to spend around 30+ hours a week working on your project during the 3 month coding period. If you already have an internship, another summer job, or plan to be gone on vacation for more than a week during that time, GSoC is not the right program for you this year."
However, it isn't exactly like an open ended job for the summer. There is a process by which students and organizations agree on a project for the summer so it is goal oriented.
[0]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq