[Chapter-delegates] Tools for chapters

[Pedro de Perdigão Lana]

+1 to Johan (and Caleb, with the proposal of using the not-for-profit
plans).

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.

Maybe having an internal policy of stimulating open-source alternatives,
since preserving this ecosystem seems to already be a concern of the
organization
<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/the-eus-proposed-cyber-resilience-act-will-damage-the-open-source-ecosystem/>
(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.

Cordially,

*Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
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Researcher
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Em qua., 26 de jun. de 2024 às 06:04, Johan Helsingius via
Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> escreveu:

> Hi Luis,
>
> > Of course the solution of FOSS is the best, however learning curve in
> > many cases is against the time required for some simple solutions. GIMP
> > is an excellent choice compared to Photoshop but it takes time to master
> > it.
>
> I agree, but I would argue that it also takes time to master Photoshop.
> It is a bit of a chicken and egg issue - everyone uses closed,
> proprietary products because everyone else uses them, and that
> is what people were taught.
>
> > It would be very useful if you can provide a free software solutions
> > to the list.
>
> Here are a few pointers:
>
> https://github.com/diegoleme/awesome-open-source-alternatives
>
> https://opensource.com/alternatives
>
> https://www.opensourcealternative.to/
>
>         Julf
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