Symmetry Autumn of Code

[bachmeier]

On Monday, 23 July 2018 at 13:02:33 UTC, Zheng (Vic) Luo wrote:

> Another issue of this program is that me, as an incoming 
> graduate in the U.S., are prohibited to "work" in my first 
> school year. (that law doesn't affect GSoC since summer is 
> considered as the second school year). I'm not sure whether 
> contributing to open-source projects is considered as "work" 
> here. There are some legal issues related. I'm looking forward 
> to some clarifications like 
> (https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq#is_gsoc_considered_an_internship_a_job_or_any_form_of_employment) stating that this program is an "employment" or not.

I'm not an attorney working on immigration law, but Symmetry is 
not a US company AFAIK, so I don't see how that is relevant. Of 
course you should check with someone with appropriate expertise 
first.