Welcome to the community! One of the great things about the community--possibly the greatest--is how supportive and welcoming it is.
Speaking as an American business owner, I hope that you do not take this as indicative of the "American Way." As most of you probably know, I am in the business of preserving cultural heritage, not co-opting it. About a year ago I shared my feelings on the importance of openness and community, and I still stand by what I said. Koha is a gift from Horowhenua Library Trust, and I, for one, am very grateful for it. I am very sorry that not everyone recognizes that, and that this absurd trademark application is an issue at all.
Regards,
Jared
Hi Paul and all,
In reply to Paul's mention of Catalyst below - yes Don Christie
(Catalyst Director) is planning to contribute - we are keeping in touch
with the wider Koha community and planning the best way to use our
resources to help.
I confess I've been following your messages quietly without introducing
myself so far :) I'm Kathryn, the fairly new Project Manager for the
Koha team at Catalyst in NZ. This is my first post to this list.
It's been awesome to read all your messages over the past day.
Kathryn
>
> == point 3 ==
> I'm sure Catalyst have lawyers and Don will throw his hat in the game.
> In fact, Catalyst is probably the first one that could/would be annoyed
> by this trademark...
>
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