At least in the US, the general rule of thumb is that you can have unpaid interns as long as there is some sort of training program for them. Thats not the rul

At least in the US, the general rule of thumb is that you can have unpaid interns as long as there is some sort of training program for them. Thats not the rule of thumb. The rule of thumb is that if they're doing "real" work they need to be paid. In software that generally means anything that goes into a production service or release.