“The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in
order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related
development.“The money originates from GNOME’s participation in the Google
‘Summer of Code’ program, for which GNOME developers will mentor 20
students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related
projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google’s
program, yet none were from women…”