I am absolutely thrilled to announce that JRuby has been accepted as
an organization for Google Summer of Code 2012!
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/jruby
JRuby is already an excellent project, but as a student or mentor you
can help make it even more amazing! We’re soliciting ideas and looking
for good students and mentors that want to make those ideas happen.
You can view our current ideas page here:
Information on applying as a student or mentor is available at the
“melange” page above.
We’re open to all crazy ideas, but ultimately only a few will get in.
Let’s make them count, and make JRuby go places nobody ever expected
it to go 
- Charlie