Learn English – What’s the best word for saying that you… “follow a cause”

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I want to write a sentence similar to "In favor of open-source technologies", but really don't know which word would be the best at the beginning.

I've thought about "Advocate of open-source technologies", but according to Google, "Advocate: a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy", so I think that wouldn't be a good one, as I understand it's more oriented to people defending open-source technologies at conferences, media or so.

What other choices do I have?

Best Answer

Supporter; proponent; advocate.

[Straker looks at his principal with cool skepticism; then turns to the car whistling his favorite air]. Stop that aggravating noise. What do you mean by it? [Straker calmly resumes the melody and finishes it. Tanner politely hears it out before he again addresses Straker, this time with elaborate seriousness]. Enry: I have ever been a warm advocate of > the spread of music among the masses; but I object to your obliging the company > whenever Miss Whitefield's name is mentioned.

G.B. Shaw. "Man and Superman."

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