Open Source Consulting

The terms open-source software and free software are synonymous in their original meaning. They refer to software that is free from onerous licensing restrictions. Their licenses explicitly permit the user to use, study, change and improve the software as well as to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. In order to do so the initiator of the software must make the source code available. Licenses which do not warrant those freedoms are called “proprietary” or “non-free”.

Free software protects your company not only from the dreaded vendor lock-in (the problematic producer dependency), it also offers numerous other advantages in comparison to proprietary software:

• Transparency (source codes are available to everyone)
• Higher security, because the work result is evaluated and criticised by at least one person concerning technical content and quality.
• The outcome of this is higher stability and code quality.
• No licensing fees! Only user support and similar services are charged by us.

As long standing participants in several open-source projects we are skilled consultants. From the abundance of free software projects we will find adequate solutions for you and help you with planning, implementation and maintenance. To meet your demands, we also welcome to expand your existing open-source projects according to your needs. If you like to benefit from all these advantages, we are available for your guidance.