[Ubuntu-ch] Legal status question/proposition

[Tribaal]

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Hi list

My company has some hardware to spare / donate (few servers, screens,
workstations), but will only do so to a not-for-profit organisation.

Since we're a software company and use lots of free software (including
Ubuntu) internally, we (the Swiss office) think it would be fair to
donate this hardware to free software related groups.

Unfortunately, company policy requires that we dispose / donate hardware
 only to not for profit organisations, with a legal status (something
about taxes I think).

I know we don't have a legal existence in Switzerland, so the question is:
- - What does it take to create a not-for-profit organisation in
Switzerland?
- - Would be benefit from such a structure? Maybe this would allow for a
"real" budget / more credibility for PR/Press ?
- - Could we use the hardware intelligently anyway? I'm worried about the
storage, for example.

If we don't want/need to have a formal legal existence, could you
recommend a free software related organisation in Switzerland we could
contact?

Please let me know your thoughts on the subject...

Thanks a lot!

- - Trib'


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