Not satisfied with the underwhelming reactions to the [4 freedoms poster](/posters/4_essential_freedoms_of_software) I decided to make a bigger info-graphic sparing me repetitive, redundant, re-explanations of the same old evils of [proprietary software](/about/glossary#proprietary-software). In theory the poster would do the job for me, listing a few types of [malware](/malware) and presenting a few [Free Software](/about/glossary#free-software) competitors to replace the malicious software with. Potentially opening up a whole new path of discovery for the reader.

Unlike with the 4 freedoms poster, convincing people to help translate it was a challenge, so for some time, I provided the only translations, in languages that I personally know. Subsequently, the GNU project, published the poster and I received a previously unknown to me Spanish version that changes a few things ( including a few design decisions ), but is generally very good, I think.

# Links

[Sources](https://notabug.org/jyamihud/FreeSoftwareActivism/src/master/digital_safety_guide) containing my original English, Hebrew and Russian posters and containing a Telugu ( Indian Language ) version which I made with a help of online translators, about which I am not very proud. But we had a person at work who can only read Telugu so I thought I had to make a version for this person.

[GNU Project Publication](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/digital-safety-guide.html) containing a version with some type fixes and containing the Spanish version that I talked about.

# Free Competitors

The poster's last section with software replacements inspired me to start developing a website where you could use like a search engine that will find you software that does the same job, which is Free.

[Main Page About Free Competitors](/software/freecompetitors).

Free Competitors is accessible through the [search](/search?fc=on) on this website.