It is so sad to see the gift you gave us all fall into unfriendly hands. Do please let us know when the kitty is opened up for donations.
Liz Rea [email protected]
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On Nov 21, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Joann Ransom wrote: > As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the birth > place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. Back in > 1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we would be > having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is with > tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the other > members of the Koha community. > > The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of battling > against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application for a > Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to object, > but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural Library in > New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to afford this, > but we do feel it is something we must fight. > > For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle to > prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it is at > this point that we find ourselves. > > So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place of > Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know. > > Regards, > > Jo. > > -- > Joann Ransom RLIANZA > Head of Libraries, > Horowhenua Library Trust. > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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