T-Shirt & Poster Concepts

["Alex Kirk" <alex@schnarff.com>]

Hello All, 

At the risk of starting a flame war, I wanted to make a modest proposal 
regarding future t-shirt/poster designs. 

Seeing as how the newest t-shirt/poster designs, along with the CD artwork, 
suggest that making fun of bad policy decisions is a good idea, I suggest 
that we broaden our scope a bit. After all, why limit our satire to a bad 
Department of Defense decision when we've got the USPTO & EU Patents, SCO, 
the [RI|MP]AA, stupid MS worm writers, etc. to go after? 

I bought the "Make Crypto Not Munitions" shirt because it made an 
intelligent statement against bad policy/thought. I intend to get the latest 
shirt for the same reason. More importantly, I have a feeling I'm not the 
only member of the community that likes to make a statement with what they 
wear, meaning that shirts & posters of this ilk might sell quite well. 

I'm certainly well-aware that those who already do the work for these 
wonderful items are quite busy folks, and have ideas of their own; thus, I 
don't intent for this to come across as a demand, just a simple suggestion. 
Hopefully this bit of input, and input from others, can lead to designs 
large portions of the community enjoy (and subsequently purchase :-). 

To that end, I'm going to leave off with a couple of possibilities for 
designs: 

Front Tagline: "OpenBSD: Free of IP Problems Since 1993" (I know the 
project's only been around since 1995, but I figure the refernce to ATT v. 
UC Regents justifies this)
Back Artwork: Puffy in a suit w/his lawyer nearby, doing something to show 
they're both blowing off SCO and/or any other IP lawsuits 

Front Tagline: "Make Sure Not to Give Out 'Your Details'"
Back Artwork: Puffy destroying a bunch of earthworm-looking creatures whose 
bodies contain phrases such as 'Wicked Screensaver' or even 'I Love You' 

Oh yeah, and go pre-order your CD like I've already done! 

Alex Kirk