GSoC as an internship

[Engleek]

Hi all,

I'm currently studying for a masters degree at a French university,
and my course requires an internship to validate my first year.

The Google Summer of Code program is a unique opportunity, and I would
love to have it count as my summer internship.

At this stage of my course, the internship focuses on computer science
experience, and not work experience, so I'm sure that a GSoC project
would be a valid choice.

However, this internship requires a signed "convention" (contract)
between the organization and I, and I'm worried that this might not be
possible. I realise that Google should not be able to fill in this
contract (though I'm not sure of this) but I think that it should be
possible with the organisation I eventually would be working for.

I have heard a participant from last years program say that he could
have made his project count as a valid internship, which is why I hope
that this would also be possible for me.

I realise that this would be the kind of problem which concerns the
organizations more, but having not found a straight answer online yet,
I wanted to ask here before asking them.

[Leslie Hawthorn]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Engleek <red...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Google Summer of Code program is a unique opportunity, and I would
love to have it count as my summer internship.

We have had several students use their GSoC participation to get course credit at their university. Once a student successfully completes her project, she can request a letter from Google stating that she participated in the program. This has usually sufficed to obtain course credit, though your university's requirements may be different.

Best,
LH

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Leslie Hawthorn
Program Manager - Open Source
Google Inc.

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I blog here:

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com - http://www.hawthornlandings.org

[Obey Arthur Liu]

Short answer: ask your org.

Long answer: depending on the requirements of your university, a legal
entity like a foundation backing your mentor organization may come
handy. For example, SPI Inc. represents Debian and manages its funds,
contracts and bills. Sometimes, a mentor from the organization owns a
company (IT consulting for example) and can act as legal front. Also
explain the situation to your university and they will probably relax
the requirement for a SIRET number for example.

Cheers

Arthur

[Christopher Humphries]

Thanks for the help!

Hope springs eternal, now on to the organisations!