On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 16:24 -0400, Tony Sebro wrote: >>TL,DR: Please vote on whether to allow LibreTees to print and sell >>T-shirts and other promotional material items for Inkscape, where a >>portion of the proceeds gets donated back to Inkscape (or a project or >>charity of Inkscape's choosing). On 08/16/2013 05:30 AM, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > > I don't have any problems with this. What do others think? > > Tav Thanks, Tav. Does anyone else want to weigh in?

Best, -Tony >>Longer version: >>Hi, all. >> >>Earlier this week, I was approached by Jared Contrascere of LibreTees >>(www.libretees.com), a start-up for-profit company that plans to >>design, print, and market t-shirts and stickers bearing the names and >>logos of various leading FLOSS projects. They're interested in >>creating t-shirts for the Inkscape project. >> >>Bear in mind that, under the newly-ratified (but as of now >>unpublished) TM policy, LibreTees would be able to create and sell >>merchandise bearing the Inkscape name and logo without additional >>permission, *provided* that they were only using unmodified graphics >>from Inkscape.com. As you can see from the link, LibreTees tends to >>create modified versions of project logos in their designs. >> >>Jared has sent an official request to create promotional materials for >>Inkscape; I've attached it below. He's also been in touch with Jon >>from Inkscape's Press Relations team. In addition, I spoke to him by >>phone today, and can add the following info: >> >>• target retail price for the shirts: undecided, but likely $12.50 to >>$15 USD. >>• Once the official website launches, Libretees.com will turn into an >>e-retailer site selling t-shirts with designs for multiple FLOSS >>projects. >>• Some portion (yet to be determined) will be donated back to the >>project or to a charity of the project's choosing. >>• They're looking to find a t-shirt manufacture that doesn't use >>sweatshop labor >>• conservative target date for first printing: November 2013 >> >>Open question: I don't know if they plan to release any t-shirt >>design under a Creative Commons license. >> >>Based on the above, I ask the Inkscape Committee to please vote to >>approve Libretee's request to approve the creation of Inkscape >>promotional materials. >> >>If you have any questions or need any additional information, please >>let me know. >> >>Best, >>-Tony >> >>-------- Original Message -------- >>Tony, >> >>I'm with LibreTees, a recently-launched project that promotes >>free/open software through consumer and commodity activism. This is >>similar to the idea behind (RED) products being sold to help fight >>AIDS, or people buying a Toyota Prius to encourage a lesser negative >>impact on the environment. >> >>We want to sell t-shirts in one place on the Internet that promotes >>and benefits the free/open source community. In addition to that, we >>want to contribute funds back to these projects to cover hosting fees >>and other project-related costs. Further, we want to have a positive >>impact on our local community here in Washington, DC. >> >>We currently have a Kickstarter campaign in progress, and we are very >>interested in producing an Inkscape shirt for display and sale on our >>Kickstarter site. This campaign can currently be viewed >>at www.libretees.com. >> >>Please let me know if we could have permission to create promotional >>wear/materials for the Inkscape project. If you have any questions for >>me, please let me know! >> >>Best, >>Jared >> >>-- >>Jared N. Contrascere >>President :: LibreTees, LLC >>Phone - (703) 599-6233 >> >> >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ >> >> > -- Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy +1-212-461-3245 x11 tony@...41... www.sfconservancy.org