[Koha] Plea for help from Horowhenua Library Trust re: Koha

[Joann Ransom]

As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the birth
place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. Back in
1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we would be
having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is with
tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the other
members of the Koha community.

The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of battling
against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application for a
Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to object,
but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural Library
in New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to afford
this, but we do feel it is something we must fight.

For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle to
prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it is
at this point that we find ourselves.

So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place of
Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know.

Regards,

Jo.

-- 
Joann Ransom RLIANZA
Head of Libraries,
Horowhenua Library Trust.
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