I don't think that is silly at all. You should definitely contact the EFF, if you haven't already, and also the Free Software Foundation <http://www.fsf.org/>. You might also want to talk to the Software Freedom Law Center <http://www.softwarefreedom.org/>. While they might not be able to help you directly, they might be able to give you some advice and/or a referral.
Thanks, Cary On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Jason Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > This may be a silly question, but have you considered contacting the > Electronic Frontier Foundation to ask for assistance? > > https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance > > 2011/11/21 Joann Ransom <[email protected]>: >> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> [email protected] >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> > > > > -- > Jason Sherman > Systems Librarian > University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma > 405.574.1340 > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
