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Google Summer of Code 2012 Kicks Off

“In 2011, 1,116 students were accepted into the program which
pays the students as well as the open source mentoring
organizations.

For 2012, Google is paying $5,000 to each student and an
additional $500 for the organization that mentors the student. So
that means that if Google holds to the same numbers as 2011, they
will be pumping at least $6.1 million into open source development
over the summer months this year.


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