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"If you want to write a similar book for Ruby then have some class and use your own words and write your own book." I'd say that's harsh, and unnecessary. I'd
by amadiver 16y ago
"If you want to write a similar book for Ruby then have some class and use your own words and write your own book."
I'd say that's harsh, and unnecessary. I'd feel attacked if that was directed at me, too, especially if I felt (rightly or not) that I'd kept things on the level.
No one needs to be polite, especially when they feel the need to protect their work. But in not doing so, they belie a certain amount of lack of empathy.
It's a shame posts like this get upvoted for the drama and this behavior is rewarded.
- ay 16y agoHow many times have you written a nice and polite words when the fruit of your passionate labor has been taken without your consent and dealt with in a way that you consider inappropriate ? I've once had, and I can fully understand Zed, maybe, did experience a certain emotion in it. If I were to deal with a similar situation coldly without a drama and emotion, I'd simply spend $6 (or how much the registered mail costs?), sent a DMCA takedown notice, and be done with it. In any case - the real drama and theatre happens in the comments to the original communication. Some guy made a mistake. Zed has asked to take it down. He took it down. The fact whether Zed has asked it with a twist or not, is o(1) compared to the quality of the subsequent comments on that page. That part is a real shame, in my opinion. (edit: re-reading your comment, maybe I have misunderstood it - re. the fact that the done-with matters are promoted on HN "for the sake of drama" - well, as soon as we all remain civil and try to not step over each others' toes, I do not think it is a problem - and is actually a good case study. As soon as noone starts to throw tomatoes into some folk who happened to make an honest mistake and quickly corrected it.)