The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced the winning design in its Linux.com Store T-shirt Design Contest, «The People’s Product.» The design won by a large margin with 57 percent (4,501) of all votes cast, with the other five finalists sharing 43 percent of the vote among them.

The best design was created by Mr. Said Hassan who says it «represents the collective work of the people. It’s a celebration of our efforts: Linux is our product.» As the winner, Mr. Hassan is receiving travel expenses and a free pass to LinuxCon in Boston this August where «The People’s Product» design will be displayed on Linux.com Store merchandise and available for purchase. The new t-shirts are expected to be available on T-shirts this summer.

The contest was launched with the opening of the Linux.com Store, which is an online marketplace where people can purchase items from an exclusive line of original T-shirts, hats, mugs and other items that reflect «geek culture.» Six finalists were chosen from more than 100 design entries. Nearly 8,000 votes were cast during the month of May as designers competed for the grand prize and encouraged their personal networks to get out the vote.

All revenue generated from the Linux.com Store goes directly towards Linux Foundation activities, events and strategic initiatives. The Linux Foundation uses funds from a variety of revenue streams to support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and to sustain important services such as technical events; travel grants for open source community members; a vendor-neutral forum for projects such as MeeGo; and free training resources direct from the kernel community; among others.