Free software

Your challenge
You or your partners have limited means. However you want to equip computers with quality software, while respecting the law on copyright. You enjoy the network of free knowledge sharing.
Our response and our reasons
For the definition of free software, please look at the article in Wikipedia.
We encourage the use of free software for the following reasons:
Social and ethical reasons
Open Source software fits the values of CTS:
access
for the poor to information technology (IT), community empowerment as
regards IT, sharing of knowledge and fairer sharing of computing
development costs.
CTS encourages the use of open file formats, these ensure a certain independence from suppliers
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in).
Using open source software allows users to benefit from IT while respecting copyright legislation. This also applies to other content types (images, documents, etc.)
Economic reasons
Open source software saves
money, both via reduced license costs and because it enables reuse of
older hardware. But even in cases where savings are offset by additional
costs of training in the use of new software, the money spent is for
the most part in a local economic circuit. This aspect is consistent
with the fundamental values of CTS "manage resources".
Do not hesitate to contact us for fuller advice on this subject.