On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
I'm also not sure why the trademarks are in corporate hands when we have established users groups that are certainly more objective. I don't think that the user groups are legal entities are they? The registration of trademarks I think possibly predated the user groups as well.
KohaLA ASBL in France is a legal entity that could own them AFAICT and isn't a vendor or a client. It predates at least the most recent registration.
Kohala is a very loose organization. Membership is not defined : anybody can become a voting member, SirsiDynix can become a voting member! Jay Jordan can become a voting member! (not that he would care, but, you know...). The board is not defined : there is not a defined number of members to the board, basically anyone willing to put his/her name forward only needs his/her own voice to be elected. Members of the board are : anyone willing to help out. Kohala was never meant to be a power-yielding entity : it was always meant to be a place for free-wheeling discussions about Koha, nothing more, nothing less. So I don't think Kohala could own the TM, no. Nicolas