[delfinom]

GSoC 4 years ago removed the need for their to be actual students to apply. We got flooded with middle aged men working 9-5s applying. It was dumb and we stopped participating. Their incentives were literally "extra income" instead of learning or participating beyond that.

[72deluxe]

But that sounds rewarding for the applicants, and the project?? The project gets code, and the guys get some money.

Being a middle aged man working 9 to 5, I would enjoy contributing to a project I was interested in rather than the boring job at work.

Are you saying you only wanted penniless youngsters to contribute, based entirely on their idealism?