[Ubuntu-be] Print our own T-shirs

Ward De Ridder ward.ubuntu at gmail.com
Mon May 31 11:08:13 BST 2010


According to the website this are the t-shirts used:
http://www.stedman.eu/Men-s-Collection/Classic-Men.html
Do you know anything about it, I'm also concerned about those things,
especially Child labour.

Ward

2010/5/31 Pierre Buyle <mongolito404+ubuntu-be op gmail.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> My two cents about cheap t-shirts... Usually, cheap comes with a
> price. Where does the blank tshirts come from and in what condition
> were they produced ? I guess the seller won't be able,or doesn't want
> to to tell. Chances are that they were produced in a country with
> none, or very low, social protection for workers and without any
> respect for the environment. Now, you may be disrupted and annoyed and
> feel I'm hijacking An Ubuntu(-be) related discussion with something
> totally unrelated. I don't think I'm. To me, Free Software and Ubuntu
> are about freedom and respect for all, not only for wealthy software
> users. So I think I have to share these facts in this thread. I think
> they are important when making the kind of decisions discussed here.
> You may disagree and you may not care, this is your choice and this is
> not the place to argue it. So I'll cut it here, let you make your own
> decisions and won't interfere further.
>
> --
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>
>
> PS: AFAIK, Canonical's tee are produced by American Apparel, they may
> not be perfect but surely better than many other producers. I don't
> know for their other products.
> PPS: I'm sure you can get social and environment friendly printed tee
> in Belgium, but they will cost more than the 4€/tee.
>
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