In reply to Matt.

"Hello David, Since Wapuu contains the W logo from WordPress, can we really create and sell stuff (mugs, shirts, pens, stickers) with a Wapuu?"

That was my concern with creating the Wapuu that we created for WordCamp Miami.

However, the difference was the design wasn't used to create a design for a t-shirt that we were selling. The t-shirts were created to promote WordPress and we spent a considerable amount of money (several thousand dollars for 7 color screen printed shirts and stickers) and freely gave them out at WordCamp Miami.

They were given away for free to WordCamp Miami attendees (at least the attendees who managed to snag one before they were all gone, which happened very quickly) and didn't have any in your face branding that identified them as being Gravity Forms related. No mention of Gravity Forms, no URL, simply what you see in the photos provided in the WPTavern post above is what the swag consisted of.

Yes, there is the Rocketgenius rocket emblem on his space suit. We wanted to put a patch and thought it fit. Unless you know it's part of our Rocketgenius logo you'd just assume it was a generic space related patch on a space suit. Which is precisely why we went with it rather than a Gravity logo which would have been more recognizable as we use the Gravity logo when sponsoring events, etc. We looked at the rocket as a branding easter egg because we pretty much exclusively use our Gravity logo for branding, marketing, advertising and sponsorships.

The issue of using the WordPress logo did concern me. I dropped you (@Matt) an email about it a day prior to beginning production of shirts and stickers. I know you get an insane amount of email so i'm in no way upset that you didn't get back to me on it. Because the timeline was so extremely short I had to make a judgement call in order to be able to have the shirts and stickers made prior to WordCamp Miami.

We spent a lot of money to produce t-shirts and stickers that promoted WordPress with a unique Wapuu and the attendees in Miami loved them.

The first iteration of our Wapuu did not feature the WordPress logo on the moon and instead had the Gravity Forms logo on the moon. I wanted it to promote WordPress, not Gravity Forms. So we placed the rocket emblem on the space suit as we felt it was unobtrusive and fit with our company passion for all things space related.

But I do want to make sure what we did is okay. Because we'd love to produce more t-shirts and stickers exactly like those we gave out in Miami because they were such a hit.

I'd rather not have to change the design. I'd prefer to keep Wapuu hugging the moon with the WordPress logo rather than the Gravity logo.

Your input on this would be greatly appreciated.