Well, you'll have to convince Canonical first, since they are the owners of the Ubuntu brand. But I wanted to stress that Ubuntu is *already* helping a lot of people in Africa (and the rest of the world) to have access to technology by offering an open, clean and easy to use OS for free. Maybe it's not as urgent or dramatic as what Product (RED) does, but at least it's something.
D. 2008/4/2, Nick Bauermeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Am Mittwoch, den 02.04.2008, 00:12 -0700 schrieb Sumit Agarwal: > > Philosophically it certainly makes sense. > > > > More difficult is the question of how exactly it would work. (RED) works > > by allocating a portion of sales revenue to the charity. With Ubuntu > > being free, does that mean Canonical would need to donate a percentage > > of their services revenue? Would Canonical agree to such a thing? > > > > Additionally, (Product) RED works with specifically created products. So > Canonical would have to launch (Ubuntu) RED and sell it. A percentage > of /that/ would go to the global fund. > > It would be nice to have a specific Ubuntu-Version for that, with a > (Product) RED inspired artwork. I mean the _whole_ profit of that one > could be donated, which would make very good PR for Canonical. The cost > would have to be inexpensive, of course, like say 10 bucks. And it > should be clear that it's non-profit. > I don't think this is the proper list to discuss such things, though. > > But I have to say: I'd buy it. > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >
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