Unpaid internships are illegal if all of the following conditions are not met: 1. If the training, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities o

Unpaid internships are illegal if all of the following conditions are not met: 1. If the training, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in a vocational school; 2. If the training is for the benefit of the trainee; 3. If the trainees do not displace regular employees, but work under close observation; 4. If the employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees and, on occasion, the employer’s operations are actually impeded; 5. If the trainees are not necessarily entitled to employment at the completion of the training period; 6. If the employer and the trainees understand that the trainees are not entitled to wages for the time spent in training. From http://www.cohenandwolf.com/CM/EmploymentLaborPublications/EmploymentLaborPublications68.asp http://www.cohenandwolf.com/CM/EmploymentLaborPublications/E... . The specific provisions listed are derived from the 1947 SCOTUS case Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., http://supreme.justia.com/us/330/148/case.html http://supreme.justia.com/us/330/148/case.html . Since the "interns" are to be "working on awesome solutions to help make Ubuntu an ever more compelling community to be a part of" it's pretty clear that the fourth provision above is not met: Ubuntu is deriving immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees.