<div dir="ltr"><div>+1 to Johan (and Caleb, with the proposal of using the not-for-profit plans).</div><div><br></div><div>A chapter could, of course, use administrative funding or project resources to acquire proprietary solutions, and we know we are more accustomed to using those. However, as a principle, especially considering this consumes resources (and when we are talking about corporate pricing, these are substantial costs) and ISOC has some budget constraints,
as Andrew mentioned in a few emails before, IMHO this should not be a priority.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe having an internal policy of stimulating open-source alternatives, since preserving this ecosystem seems <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/the-eus-proposed-cyber-resilience-act-will-damage-the-open-source-ecosystem/">to already be a concern of the organization</a> (and I remember a few older texts mentioning roughly the benefits of openness also in the intellectual property systems), while compiling and providing guiding materials on how to best use them, could be a more interesting (and much cheaper) option.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cordially,<br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><b>Pedro de Perdigão Lana</b><br></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.nic.br/" target="_blank">Lawyer</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.gedai.com.br/" target="_blank">GEDAI/UFPR</a> Researcher</font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">Board Member @ </font></font></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.ncuc.org/" target="_blank">NCUC (ICANN)</a>,</font><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://isoc.org.br/" target="_blank">ISOC BR</a></font></font></span>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://br.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank">CC Brasil</a></font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> and <a href="https://ioda.org.br/" target="_blank">IODA</a></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">This message is restricted to the sender and recipient(s). If received by mistake, please reply informing it.</span></font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em qua., 26 de jun. de 2024 às 06:04, Johan Helsingius via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Luis,<br>
<br>
> Of course the solution of FOSS is the best, however learning curve in <br>
> many cases is against the time required for some simple solutions. GIMP <br>
> is an excellent choice compared to Photoshop but it takes time to master <br>
> it.<br>
<br>
I agree, but I would argue that it also takes time to master Photoshop.<br>
It is a bit of a chicken and egg issue - everyone uses closed,<br>
proprietary products because everyone else uses them, and that<br>
is what people were taught.<br>
<br>
> It would be very useful if you can provide a free software solutions <br>
> to the list.<br>
<br>
Here are a few pointers:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/diegoleme/awesome-open-source-alternatives" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/diegoleme/awesome-open-source-alternatives</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://opensource.com/alternatives" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opensource.com/alternatives</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.opensourcealternative.to/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.opensourcealternative.to/</a><br>
<br>
Julf<br>
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