[Noisebridge-discuss] Looking for legal/organizational advice on setting up a free software foundation

[Seth David Schoen]

Gian Pablo Villamil writes:

> Hi there, was hoping to get some orientation and advice.
> 
> Some friends of mine have developed a system called Jelly
> (http://jellyproject.com/#Manifesto) designed to allow people to build
> powerful complex websites really easily, basically the ease of use (or
> better) of a wiki, but with rich media. I'm helping them organize
> prior to rollout.
> 
> We need to hammer out IP,  licensing, and organization. Ideally we'd
> set up  a system where it is made freely available, with a charge only
> for commercial use.
> 
> Who is a good person to talk to about this? I'm not looking for free
> advice - I need to find someone to work with on this.

If they plan for it to actually be free software (which would preclude
a mandatory charge for commercial use), the Software Freedom Law Center
may be able to help them.

http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/services/

They provide pro bono services to nonprofit projects that develop free
software and they have an affiliated law firm that can provide paid
services to for-profit free software projects.

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