For the fifth year running, Google is organising a Summer of Code, funding students to work on open-source projects over the summer. Gentoo is participating in Summer of Code 2009.
| Developer | Nickname | Role |
| Donnie Berkholz | dberkholz | Admin, Mentor |
| Alec Warner | antarus | Backup admin, Mentor |
| Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto | jmbsvicetto | Member |
| Mark Kowarsky | mark_alec | Member |
| Grant Goodyear | g2boojum | Member, Mentor |
| Joshua Jackson | tsunam | Member, Mentor |
| Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez | bass | Mentor |
| Petteri Räty | betelgeuse | Mentor |
| Sebastien Fabbro | bicatali | Mentor |
| Preston Cody | codeman | Mentor |
| Diego Elio Pettenò | flameeyes | Mentor |
| Fabian Groffen | grobian | Mentor |
| Mart Raudsepp | leio | Mentor |
| Luca Barbato | lu_zero | Mentor |
| Markus Dittrich | markusle | Mentor |
| Robert Buchholz | rbu | Mentor |
| Robin H. Johnson | robbat2 | Mentor |
| Olivier Crête | tester | Mentor |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
Google is accepting student applications until April 3. (Please see the published GSOC timeline in case that deadline should change). Before applying, we encourage you to browse our project ideas below and offer up your own ideas in #gentoo-soc on freenode and on the gentoo-soc mailing list. We urge you to discuss your ideas ahead of time with our prospective mentors so we can work out any kinks prior to the application deadline. Please also read our application guidelines prior to applying.
Mentor applications are now open. Please read the mentoring guidelines to learn what you need to do to apply. Then go to the gsoc webapp to apply to be a mentor.
Some project ideas are on the Gentoo wiki.