# copyleft culture 

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## *Become digitally sovereign.*
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## \# What do I do? 

I run IT infrastructures for businesses and provide them with software, digital tools and applications they need.

- I advise
- take care of setting things up
- on-board staff
- train staff
- and remain available for support

There is no vendor lock-in.

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## \# How is there no vendor lock-in?

1. I use software any provider can host for you
2. I use software whose source code is freely distributed

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## \# What do I offer?

**NEXTCLOUD** from EUR 200 per year

*Alternative to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace*

- share folders across organisations; per user, per group, etc.
- collaborate on documents, spreadsheet, slides
- create forms (run surveys, etc)
- create a webpage with calendar slots others can book in your calendar
- get others to sign documents 
- sync folder with your folders on your desktop automatically

**MATTERMOST** from EUR 100 per year 

*Alternative to Slack*

- communicate via instant message with your team
- create public channels a la Discord
- integrate with your video conference tool
- receive notifications from other applications
- use on desktop, web, iOS or android 

**BIG BLUE BUTTON** from EUR 120 per year 

*Alternative to Zoom*

- get a dedicated URL for conferences with your name 
- organise online conferences
- record conferences
- draw on white boards
- chat with participants

**VAULTWARDEN** from EUR 100 per year

- manage passwords for your organisation
- share passwords with others securely
- share collection of passwords 
- manage passwords permissions per user, team, organisation
- send encrypted files via temporary links

**MAILBOXES (MAILCOW)** from EUR 24 per year

- get email addresses with your own domain name
- get unlimited addresses/mailboxes
- pay per usage (number of email sent, storage per GB)
- use your own email applications (or SoGo)
- manage shared mailboxes e.g. <tt>contact@example.com</tt>
- manage wildcard mailboxes e.g. <tt>client-*@example.com</tt>
- administrate addresses and aliases of your organisation via Mailcow
- synchronise your contacts and calendars via CardDAV and CalDAV

Other software we offer: Discourse, Grist, Wordpress, ERPNext, Humhub, Forgejo, Etherpad, Yeswiki, Peertube, Jitsi, Matrix, Mastodon, Hedgedoc, Zammad, Snipe-IT, Uptime Kuma, Listmonk.

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## \# Who are you?

- GNU/Linux system administrator
- Former go-to-market lead for startups; 1 exit 
- Former entrepreneur-in-residence for a multinational 
- Former public officer for digital affairs (ministry of finance)
- Researcher in epistemic security 
- Essayist; essay: [Asymmetry](https://klarafranz.com/asymmetry.html)

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## \# What does an IT setup look like for a startup or a SME?

Please see [this blog post](https://copyleftculture.com/blog/user-case-mmm.html).

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## \# What do people say?

> *"Roman is an expert; it is great to be able to leverage his expertise and get things done"*

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## \# Why do you run this business?

To finance my research in digital epistemic security and publish my work under a CC BY-SA license.

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## \# Contact

See [contact page](https://copyleftculture.com/contact.html)

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