Why is there no Fedora Project Store?

[Michael Dinon]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/29/2011 09:53 PM, Michael Dinon wrote:
> >
> > Ok thank you for the response.  I wasn't envisioning a large store
> > like Mozilla but something more along the lines of GNOME's Zazzle
> > store.  It is a bit of a shame as I would love to buy Fedora gear that
> > I knew was benefiting the project rather than some person who randomly
> > put up a Fedora shirt on Cafepress.  Since RHT already has a small
> > offering of Fedora gear has there been any thought about enhancing
> > that offering with new items/designs, ideally taking input from the
> > Fedora Project but handling the finance/legal aspect of it?
>
> Red Hat handles that via a third party and there seems to limited
> input/interest there to expand it.  Even if was expanded, there is no
> way to earmark the profits if any to be allotted for Fedora Project
> expenses.   In the absence of a separate legal entity such as a
> non-profit foundation,   we don't have much flexibility in this matter.
>
> Rahul
>
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Thanks Rahul, I appreciate the information.

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Mike
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