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At Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:07:08 +0000,
MJ Ray wrote:
> 
> Erik Hetzner <[log in to unmask]>
> > 1.
> > http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2011/aug/16/Episode-0x16-Legal-Basics-for-Developers/
> > Basically, the standard advice for patents is what Mike Taylor
> > gave: ignore them. Pay attention to copyright and trademark issues
> > (as the Koha problem shows), but patents really don’t need to be
> > on your radar.
> 
> Will people please stop suggesting that PTFS's attempts to register
> Koha trademarks in various jurisdictions are somehow because of
> inattention on the part of the Koha users and developers?
>
> […]

Hi MJ,

It was my intention only to suggest that trademark issues were
something that one needs to pay attention to, not that the Koha
community had not paid attention to trademark issues. Thanks for
clarifying the issue: I was unclear.

best, Erik