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Someone, please tell me where there is a copyright notice anywhere on http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ or on the PDF http://l

by jpcx01 16y ago

Someone, please tell me where there is a copyright notice anywhere on http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ or on the PDF http://learnpythonthehardway.org/static/LearnPythonTheHardWay.pdf http://learnpythonthehardway.org/static/LearnPythonTheHardWa... If he's so fanatical about copyright, why can't he post something about it? The culture developers are used to on github is forking people's work and tweaking it (while still giving attribution to the author). It's not totally shocking that someone would accidentally apply this philosophy to this book. Telling someone he has "no class" for doing this is just being a dick. But then again, its Zed D Shaw. He earned that middle name.

FraaJad 16y ago
Before you attack someone's name you should do your homework. 1. he has his name on the book. That is sufficient to claim copyright. There is no need for additional copyright notices. 2. The source to the book was not on github. The martinemde guy put up the code on github. The original source lives in a fossil repository.
johnny22 16y ago
copyright is implicit in many places isn't it?
- dctoedt 16y ago
  In the U.S., and AFAIK in much of the rest of the world, copyright arises automatically, without the need for either registration or a copyright notice, once the "original work of authorship" is "fixed" in a "tangible medium of expression" (which can include saving to disk). See generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_copyright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_copyright
  - nroach 16y ago
    While the copyright itself can arise without registration, the ability to file suit in federal court for infringement of the copyright arises only once registered. Registration can take place after the date of infringement. For more see http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register
aconbere 16y ago
page 4 of the pdf: "This book is Copyright (C) 2010 by Zed A. Shaw. You are free to distribute this book to anyone you want, so long as you do not charge anything for it, and it is not altered. You must give away the book in its entirety, or not at all"
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gcampbell 16y ago
The License is located at the bottom of page 4: "This book is Copyright (C) 2010 by Zed A. Shaw. You are free to distribute this book to anyone you want, so long as you do not charge anything for it, and it is not altered. You must give away the book in its entirety, or not at all." In Creative Commons terms, it's basically cc by-nc-nd: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
16s 16y ago
You don't understand how much you don't understand about copyright.

by jpcx01 16y ago

FraaJad 16y ago

Before you attack someone's name you should do your homework. 1. he has his name on the book. That is sufficient to claim copyright. There is no need for additional copyright notices. 2. The source to the book was not on github. The martinemde guy put up the code on github. The original source lives in a fossil repository.

johnny22 16y ago

dctoedt 16y ago
In the U.S., and AFAIK in much of the rest of the world, copyright arises automatically, without the need for either registration or a copyright notice, once the "original work of authorship" is "fixed" in a "tangible medium of expression" (which can include saving to disk). See generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_copyright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_copyright
- nroach 16y ago
  While the copyright itself can arise without registration, the ability to file suit in federal court for infringement of the copyright arises only once registered. Registration can take place after the date of infringement. For more see http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register

aconbere 16y ago

page 4 of the pdf: "This book is Copyright (C) 2010 by Zed A. Shaw. You are free to distribute this book to anyone you want, so long as you do not charge anything for it, and it is not altered. You must give away the book in its entirety, or not at all"

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gcampbell 16y ago

The License is located at the bottom of page 4: "This book is Copyright (C) 2010 by Zed A. Shaw. You are free to distribute this book to anyone you want, so long as you do not charge anything for it, and it is not altered. You must give away the book in its entirety, or not at all." In Creative Commons terms, it's basically cc by-nc-nd: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

16s 16y ago

You don't understand how much you don't understand about copyright.