Grassroots public relations campaign aims to get GNU/Linux mentioned on radio talk shows.
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dave
4 years 24 weeks 2 days 48 min ago
We (Bridget and I) were considering
We (Bridget and I) were considering starting a free software advertising & merchandising project, where we would try to get banners, cartoons, videos, stickers, t-shirts, comicstrips, buttons/badges, etc., made up by members of the free software community.
We would emphasise grassroots and viral marketing methods, which have been successful in the past for foss. However, donations and funds raised from sales of merchandise would go toward buying advertising space in newspapers and billboards or air time on TV and radio and other traditional advertising media.
Unfortunately, we don't have the time to run another project at this point. I think it would involve a lot of paperwork registering a non-profit, etc. However, we will look into it in the new year... especially if fsdaily is doing well.
spikeb
4 years 24 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago
Excellent idea
Excellent idea
dcparris
4 years 23 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago
Check out the Tux Project (http://thetuxproject.com/).
aboutblank
4 years 23 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago
Where do you hope to market these
Where do you hope to market these things? America, Australia or the world? I ask because I am an Aussie and you probably know that Australia is held under the mercy proprietary software companies. An advertising campaign like you are proposing may help people know about freedom which would really help me greatly.