On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 08:46:16PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > [Quoting Richard Daemon] > > I'm not sure how else to ask this, but are we allowed to take some of > > the OpenBSD artwork such as the blowfish wireframe pictures and specs, > > get some stickers, t-shirts or other custom media developed and > > perhaps even sell them? > > Of course, any profits would get funneled back - and at the same time, > > it is a form of advocacy and support in a positive light for a > > preferred project. > > ... > > I appreciate any clarification on these questions. > > Permission for resale is not granted. The project sells some products > which use the artwork, and the project in part survives on the sale of > those items. > > This has been asked numerous times before. And yeah, quite a few > people have said they would funnel profits back to the project, yet > I've never not seen that happen even once. Even when some big tshirt > printing places were doing it so, and their customers had said they > were doing so. Not a dime. Not saying you would be the same as those > people, but you had better prepare for me to be extremely sceptical > about such promises.
It seems to me that there is an obvious way to address this scepticism if anyone really cares to do so. Namely: Contact Theo directly, offer a donation up front, and follow through on that offer promptly. I don't plan to make t-shirts or stickers, and I'm certainly not a really big donor. I'm just a maths teacher. But that is the kind of example I'd want to set for my kids if I had any such plans.
