merchandise

[Louise McCance-Price]

Hi

It's great that people have come forward with their constructive 
opinions and concerns, which have been noted and logged.
Shango and I are are talking together about various options in Africa.

The Ubuntu Community is welcome to create and sell Ubuntu merchandise, 
provided they have prior written permission from Canonical to use the 
trademark. Any donations from the proceeds of your community sales will 
be welcomed and will be added to the bounty fund to help Ubuntu, if 
you'd like to contribute in this way. All our commission and donations 
received, go into the bounty fund to help make Ubuntu better and provide 
funding back to the community.

We are looking into other shop options for Ubuntu merchandise, so if 
you'd like to help set this up on other continents, such as India,
that would be fantastic. Please be in touch.

all the best
Lu




John wrote:

> Louise McCance-Price wrote:
>
>>>
>> There is also Freedom of speech and Freedom of expression.
>> Ubuntu has no political affilliation. Cafepress is merely and outlet 
>> for people to purchase merchandise.
>
> I don't think political afiliation has anthing to do with it.
>
> Assuming these options exist, which would you prefer to deal with?
> a) A KKK-run (or affiliated) shop where proceeds go to support an 
> exclusionary society
> b) A Red Cross-run (or affiliated) shop where proceeds go to help the 
> poor in every country?
>
>>
>>> I am not looking to tussle politics here, 
>>
>
> You can't avoid politics because at its most basic, politics is about 
> dealing with people.
>
> I'm sure many people share your concern Shango.
>
> Some will be aware that the Australian Cricket team members thought 
> lonh  and hard about its recent tour of Zimbabwe, not for any fear of 
> losing (who does the most combative and successful team in the world 
> fear?), and probably not too much about safety, but about what it 
> meant to the regime in control.
>
> One chose not to go, and I'm sure Henry Alonga would support him in that.
>
> I think that Shango makes a reasonable case, and I think choosing an 
> African supplier to serve _the world_, provided it can do the job, 
> would be a good thing.
>
> Especially, remember the American market isn't everything - there's a 
> well-to-do middle class in India of some 200,000 and I suspect Indians 
> will be more receptive to Ubuntu than Americans.
>
>