GUguelo·Nov 5, 2010
In How To Write a Learn X the Hard Waymartinemde
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5 sourcesPlease see the README on the front page of the project with my update.
https://github.com/martinemde/learn-ruby-the-hard-way
I've calmed a bit since the original postings. I can see why he was upset and I know that the right thing to do was to remove the book. I had good intentions and I did this out of homage, not to steal or claim any credit.
I've always been a fan of Zed's work. I will continue to be despite getting defensive about this.
In "Please take this down and write your own book."Zed's complaint about the Ruby fork: http://github.com/martinemde/learn-ruby-the-hard-way/issues/...
In How To Write a Learn X the Hard WayInterestingly, Martin has now updated the readme https://github.com/martinemde/learn-ruby-the-hard-way#readme
He concedes both of Zed's main points:
1. That he didn't have a legal right to "translate" the book
2. That "translating" the book from Python to Ruby didn't work all that well anyway
The rest of the message boils down to a complaint that Zed wasn't nice enough in his takedown request. While Zed could have phrased things more nicely, he wasn't especially rude given the context of clear plagiarism and copyright violation.
In "Please take this down and write your own book.""Please take this down and write your own book."
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