We do this by:
- Creating free apps and tools to improve the open-source software ecosystem
- Empowering students to be the software creators of the future by giving them the opportunity to collaboratively build open source software with mentors.
We envision an open source future where software maintainers mentor students and build free software together.
To realize our vision, we need to address the issues facing maintainers and students.
Because as open-source adoption accelerates, so do the demands on their time. To see their projects flourish, they need sustainable income and passionate contributors.
We're improving the open source software ecosystem by creating useful, creative, and free software with the world's latest technology.
Because it plays an important role when they’re recruited into the modern tech economy.
Grey Software is currently exploring two avenues for adressing these issues
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We're creating open-source apps that students can contribute to with guidance and structure from a mentor under our Apprentice Program.
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We're seeking to run an experimental educational program with universities and open source maintainers. In this program, maintainers will be offered university teaching contracts to mentor students in a project course setting.
As a result, students get real-world experience, and maintainers can make a sustainable living while developing open-source software. Check out our proposed model
- Empowering students to be the software creators of the future by giving them the opportunity to learn in a collaborative environment with mentorship from the open source software creators of today. Helping students learn software engineering by collaborating with open source maintainers.