[Foundation-l] Wikipedia merchandise

[Daniel Mayer]

--- Ben Yates <bluephonic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi -- I've made a new store for wikipedia, and come up with a few new
> shirt designs.  I posted this on WikiEN-L  and was told to bring it
> here, so I'll copy that message:

Great designs! I like the swoosh-like W. However, the base prices are a bit eye-popping; I thought
the base prices of CafePress were high. 

> The store is at https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=21410 -- let
> me know what you think (though for god's sake don't buy anything from
> it yet; nobody but the hosting/shirtmaking company will get any
> money).
>
> I didn't use any of the current logos, mostly because I couldn't see
> myself wearing them; instead, threw together a new vector design (in
> any case, wikipedia's logo is too detailed to be plot printed).  I was
> wondering where to go from here -- who to contact, whether the new
> store should be Official or if I should run it on my own, and give
> wikimedia some or all of the profits (and how to go about that).

I'd rather simply create a new section of the CafePress store that had your and similar designs.
We will need to work out the copyright and trademark issues though. Right now we have a policy
that all CafePress designs need to have their copyright owned by the foundation. And, of course,
the Foundation already has a trademark on the term 'Wikipedia.' 
 
> I do also have some ideas for bumper stickers and such (spreadshirt
> only does shirts); I was told Maveric runs the english-language
> wikipedia cafepress store, but wasn't able to find a user of that
> name.

Maveric149 - What, you never heard of me? I need to edit more often. :) Please add more ideas
here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_ideas/Cafe_Press

-- mav


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