Re: [Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 148, Issue 21
Dear Vinod My personal views as koha community user and part of volunteer LIS for koha it is not really a fit solution rather it will kill the spirit of community , contribution and volunteerism I.e many koha support providers are doing and free to do customization as per local need and if they think it is use full after some period they can push their customized features to community version QA to add if needed I would rather welcome if some koha support companies in India took you idea and do as I mentioned aforesaid On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 12:00 PM <koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:
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1. Crowdfunding for Koha Online Purchase Suggestion (vinod mishra)
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:21:53 +0530 From: vinod mishra <mishravk79@gmail.com> To: Koha <Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Crowdfunding for Koha Online Purchase Suggestion Message-ID: < CAGLUwiTL2trMWGAb0iuPDyzZJpnC+K53dEx6rfn_8FsQAhAJjg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Dear all/Koha users,
As you know at present by default all the category of patrons can either place purchase suggestions or not via opac but many educational institutes only allow purchase suggestion by the faculty or some specific category of users. Similarly in public and other libraries children’s may not be allowed for purchase suggestions or lower level of non technical/teaching staffs in special libraries. Hence this restriction is very much needed which is applicable for all libraries globally. As per discussion and email one of the leading Koha supporter/Developer L2C2 from India ( http://www.l2c2.co.in/) is ready to develop the said feature and the charge would be only Rs. 20000/- (Approx USD 280). Hence i am ready to pay Rs. 5000 and expecting some more contributors with a minimum of Rs. 1000. Kindly give your details through google form <https://goo.gl/forms/8Z7zKrF3etK45AFq1> if you are willing to be part of this voluntary support. For more details please visit at: http://mishravk.com/2018/02/crowdfunding/
Please note that this is the correct method for getting the new feature in Koha so that amount once paid the benefit will reach globally. I know many of the good features has been added by Koha vendors on huge payment basis specially by Indian government libraries but benefit never came to public domain, which is against the open source ethics in my view. Please approach your vendor to make such code public if you have already paid for it.
With Regards,
Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874
*"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi*
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Hi Farasat, On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 5:16 AM, Farasat Shafi ullah <farasat.shafi@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Vinod
My personal views as koha community user and part of volunteer LIS for koha it is not really a fit solution rather it will kill the spirit of community , contribution and volunteerism I.e many koha support providers are doing and free to do customization as per local need and if they think it is use full after some period they can push their customized features to community version QA to add if needed I would rather welcome if some koha support companies in India took you idea and do as I mentioned aforesaid
Taking nothing away from your FOE and personal opinion, crowdfunding is actually one of the *good* ways to get new features / functionalities aboard Koha. Especially for libraries in developing countries that can not afford to foot the enter cost of development of a new feature. And it is not applicable only for developing countries, see http://devs.bywatersolutions.com Even as community, we do work on ways to raise funds for future developments. Sponsorship / co-sponsorship of features is one of the major forward. Sponsors are also duly acknowledged in Koha's About Koha (about.pl) page. FWIW, most major features of Koha that exist today do so because these were funded or sponsored by their original end users. Free Software does not mean a free lunch OR writing software for free. The "Free" bit is about the freedom that the software offers, in this case GPLv3. cheers indranil, -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 WWW : http://www.l2c2.co.in Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg
On 17/02/18 16:33, Indranil Das Gupta wrote:
Hi Farasat,
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 5:16 AM, Farasat Shafi ullah <farasat.shafi@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Vinod
My personal views as koha community user and part of volunteer LIS for koha it is not really a fit solution rather it will kill the spirit of community , contribution and volunteerism I.e many koha support providers are doing and free to do customization as per local need and if they think it is use full after some period they can push their customized features to community version QA to add if needed I would rather welcome if some koha support companies in India took you idea and do as I mentioned aforesaid Taking nothing away from your FOE and personal opinion, crowdfunding is actually one of the *good* ways to get new features / functionalities aboard Koha. Especially for libraries in developing countries that can not afford to foot the enter cost of development of a new feature. And it is not applicable only for developing countries, see http://devs.bywatersolutions.com
Even as community, we do work on ways to raise funds for future developments. Sponsorship / co-sponsorship of features is one of the major forward. Sponsors are also duly acknowledged in Koha's About Koha (about.pl) page.
FWIW, most major features of Koha that exist today do so because these were funded or sponsored by their original end users. Free Software does not mean a free lunch OR writing software for free. The "Free" bit is about the freedom that the software offers, in this case GPLv3.
cheers indranil,
-- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies
Well said Indranil. Just a reminder to everyone that when replying to the Digest, its best to change the subject line so that others can find your post in the archives. Cheers, Bob Calyx
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