[Koha] Supporting the Open Source Concept

[Joann Ransom]

Good for you John!

Thanks for stating your position - welcome board.

Cheers Jo Ransom.

Yokley, John wrote:
>
> Fellow Koha users and developers
>
> I have watched with growing concern the claims being made about 
> various vendor’s commitment to abiding by both the spirit and the 
> letter of the open source movement as it pertains to Koha. Speaking on 
> behalf of PTFS, I want to inform the Koha community that PTFS is 
> committed to abide by not only the law, but the spirit of the open 
> source movement. PTFS will submit all the Koha code we develop – both 
> for our clients and the code we develop internally – back to the 
> community for inclusion into Koha proper. We believe all vendors 
> should do so as well. We’ve recently submitted several new 
> enhancements to the Koha community and will continue to do so as we 
> complete coding. On our part, we will not use “the code is still in 
> testing” or “our clients haven't approved it yet” as an excuse for 
> delaying our new enhancements to the community.
>
> We understand that for the open source concept to work all 
> participants must contribute code and work collaboratively. This 
> concept seems is the only ethical way to conduct business related to 
> the Koha ILS movement.
>
> If you have any questions about PTFS, or our development concepts and 
> strategies, please feel free to contact me directly.
>
> Best Regards
>
> John Yokley
>
> CEO
> P | T | F | S
> Content Management and Library Solutions
> 6400 Goldsboro Road Suite 200
> Bethesda, MD 20817
> (301) 654-8088, ext. #111
> FAX: 301-654-5789
> Cell: 240-447-8970
> jyokley at ptfs.com <mailto:jyokley at ptfs.com>
> www.ptfs.com <http://www.ptfs.com>
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