Anyone can contribute to the project.

Stage 1

• Contributor should visit the website to check the books that have already been selected by others and send proposals. This is to avoid multiple contributors working on same book.
• Contributor selects 3 textbooks of his/her choice and sends the proposal to the reviewer at textbook@fossee.in
• Reviewer selects the textbook from the sent proposals after resolving the deadlocks(multiple proposals for the same book) and requests proposal examples from the contributor.
• Please refer to sample example here
• Contributor sends the required solved examples programmed in Python as instructed by the reviewer.
• Reviewer reviews the pilot examples and gives consent for further work.
• The estimated time to complete a book shall be notified at this point.
• The contributor can now start working on the respective book.
• The website will be updated with the names of the book on which work has begun along with other details.

Stage 2

• Contributor is required to update the progress of the work as per reviewer's request.
• Thorough review will be done whenever content is submited & the contributor will be notified for any changes, if required.
• On completion of the entire textbook, the payment shall be paid to the contributor.

• Contributor gets 10,000 INR for coding an entire book (60 and above solved examples)
• Exceptional contributions and contributions less than 60 solved examples will be rewarded at Principal Investigator's discretion.
• More than anything else, the satisfaction that you are making the world a little bit better!

1. This work is not meant to count for any academic credit and is totally out of the scope of your curriculum.
2. All payments will be made only after the completion of the assigned/chosen task(s).
3. All the code generated (and other content on the site), is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 India (CC BY-SA 2.5)

• What is the last date to finish my textbook?
  Ans: Time duration shall be provided by the reviewer.
  

• If I am unable to finish within the time frame, can I continue ?
  Ans: In such cases, you are required to contact the reviewer as early as possible.
  

• Is this only for Computer Science students and their textbooks?
  Ans: No! Any course that needs computational tasks to be performed, is under our purview.
  

• I have no idea of any of the opensource tools mentioned. Is that OK?
  Ans: Absolutely, the whole idea is to spread the goodness of these tools. You can pick up the basics during an initial workshop and learn more as you go along.
  

• Can I take a textbook from another department?
  Ans: Yes, you will have to talk to the reviewer.
  

• I am a freshman. Can I be a part of this?
  Ans: Yeah! The earlier you get hold of these tools the better.
  

• Which textbooks do we need to code?
  Ans: Any book that needs computational tools.
  

• Can I use C/C++?
  Ans: Yes you may, however, you will not be paid.
  

• Can I use Java?
  Ans: Are you kidding? ;)

• Can I use software X?
  Ans: Yes, as long as X is Open-source, does a great job for that particular course and the reviewer is comfortable with reviewing and approving your code.

• Mail - textbooks@fossee.in
• Contact No.: 022-25764133