By all means setup a donations page... quick! :-) Kind Regards, Chris
2011/11/21 Liz Rea <l...@nekls.org> > 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 > l...@nekls.org > > > > > 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 > > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > 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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