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_kate_

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_kate_··on Liblime seeks trademark for an open source product created by an NZ library
There's a long, convoluted history of issues between the Koha community and Liblime over community 'assets', some of which is summarised here: http://lwn.net/Articles/386284/

LibLime acquired the Koha portions of Katipo Communications back in 2007, including the koha.org domain name and other assets. The Koha community subsequently had to move to koha-community.org.

_kate_··on The co-op business model: share whatever you've got
A little disappointing, I clicked on this thinking that it would be a take on using a co-op business model in a startup setting. But he doesn't really mean a co-op business model at all : http://www.co-operative.coop/enterprisehub/what-is-a-co-oper...
_kate_··on Assassin's Creed Pre-Order Offer Leaves Girl Gamers Out
The Huffington post version of the post includes an update about Amazon and Ubisoft's response: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rachael-simpson/assassins-cr...

Basically, they sent download codes directly to those who complained but no word on whether anything was actually changed.

_kate_··on Productivity Bundle from Fusion and Carbon
I must admit, I like the idea of a themed bundle like this. Some of the other bundle deals can seem a bit ... random. It would be good to see software bundles that mirror (or support) particular workflows.
_kate_··on Last Call for Delicious Users: Transfer Your Bookmarks
It's a shame they're not sharing more details about what these 'innovative new features' will be though before asking people to commit to a new company. The NY times article mentions browseable “stacks” but it would be nice if Avos could elaborate a bit more on their plans:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/technology/youtube-founder...