Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Commence of the TDF store

2011/9/4 webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com
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> I would think people would buy LibreOffice related items.
> The only thing needed is regional offerings.  I would not want to pay
> shipping prices for shirts from Germany to the USA.
Indeed. In the other hand, marketing material can be produced at lower
prices if purchased in larger quantities. Maybe we should think in having
some regional storages for regional distribution. In this case, logistics
become crucial and control on distribution, the use of the trademarks could
be monitored, as well the destination of the money.

Some countries have a lot of barriers on importation. Brazil, for example,
has a U$50,00 limit per person, for imported itens, including shipping costs
(yes, we do pay fares on shipping costs, also). If this limit is broken, we
pay importation fares of 60% or more. Also, those itens cannot be used for
selling. Rules are different for companies. So, for us brazilians,  it's a
kind difficult to order itens in a larger scale. It's really cheaper to
produce them locally.

Concerning to the local community "trust". I give you the question back: Why
should people trust TDF is using their efforts properly? Despite of that,
many, many people are contributing to Libreoffice and *trusting* on TDF.
But, the discussion on if they will be allowed to use the brand (the brand
they are working hard to spread and support) is still stucked in "property
rights".

I think the use of the Community Brand (the one without de TDF citation)
should not be too regulated. Every item with that mark, even if that item
doesn't converts to an amount of money to TDF, helps to spread and promote
LibreOffice. And that's good for TDF as well.

I think we should encourage people to do that and sugest/ask/encourage them
to contribute to TDF with part of their profit. But not prohibit them to do
it if they don't contribute. In any case we are taking advantage of them.

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