FSFE offers Free Software personal assistance for businesses
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has always helped the community
through providing pro bono advice, and through this has discovered
that businesses often require additional personal assistance. For
this reason, FSFE is offering businesses a chance to get individual
consultancy regarding Free Software issues at its Zurich, Switzerland
office.
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will be available for reserved
sessions starting from July 13th. The sessions cost 150 Euro per hour,
with a special discounted rate of 100 Euro for companies that have
Fellowship members among their employees. The FTF can also organise
and hold in-house training sessions and workshop on Free Software
licensing.
"We started the FTF so individuals, projects and businesses could get
high quality information and expertise when required," says Georg
Greve, President of FSFE. "Most of that work is pro bono and done to
support the growth of the Free Software community, but that has
various limits. This new service specifically targets companies that
want to obtain personal assistance from a known and trusted community
organisation. It's also worth pointing out that by making use of this
service, companies will help to sustain FSFE's continuing pro bono
community work."
The FTF will continue to provide education, compliance assistance and
fiduciary services to individuals, projects and businesses as before.
"Individual consultancy is not a replacement for any of our existing
work," says Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator. "It's an additional
service to complement it and to help bring us a little closer to
Free Software legal infrastruture in Europe that can provide solutions
to anyone no matter how large or small their requirements."
About the Free Software Foundation Europe:
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation
in the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these
issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving
people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are
central issues of the FSFE.