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by patcon 1160 days ago
You might be interested in how Little Free Library has been taken over by a misguided board of directors

https://nothingintherulebook.com/2019/11/15/listen-to-the-pe...

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LittleFreeLibrary.org applied for trademark control of “wooden boxes with a storage area for books”. Additionally, LittleFreeLibrary.org now stakes claim to word variations beyond their trademarked name “Little Free Library”, such as “little library” and “little libraries”.

From a beautiful idea in 2009 to these terrible ideas now. :-(