[Koha] Re: Sounds very interesting, what is it?

[Rosalie Blake]

Hello Alistair,
It really is free software. We had it written for our libraries, and 
released it under a GPL licence. It is now supported, and being 
further developed by an international team of experts, who are all 
volunteering their time.
You do not owe Horowhenua Library Trust anything to use Koha, 
but we would be really interested in hearing how you get on.

There are two mailing lists about Koha. The general list 
koha at lists.katipo.co.nz 
and I would strongly recommend you join it. The second list is for 
developers, and sometimes gets quite technical. 
koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net

A new release (version 1.2.0) of Koha was released last weekend, 
and a fix for a few bugs that crept into that release will be available 
in the next two or three days. This new release offers a lot more help 
in setting up koha, and hetting it running for your library. Have a try 
and see how you get on. If you find problems, send a message to 
the koha at lists.katipo.co.nz ; there is very likely someone there who 
can help.

Good Luck with it
Rosalie Blake
Horowhenua Library trust

On 17 Jun 2002, at 17:55, Alistair McKitterick wrote:

> Dear Rosalie
> 
> I am the librarian at a Christian Bible College and we are in the
> process of introducing IT and recording all our books on a database.
> What is this software you are offering and what commitments would we
> have to you?  Is it simply free software that we would trial for you,
> or is there a cost involved as well?
> 
> Very interested, yours sincerely
> Alistair McKitterick
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