Sorry, this was meant to go to the list as well: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Nathaniel Gray wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Richard Jones wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones wrote: >>> > I previously mentioned this book on the list and said that I'd been >>> > promised a review copy from the publisher: >>> > >>> > http://www.amazon.com/Objective-Caml-Programming-Language/dp/0981599206 >>> > >>> > I received the review copy from Abscissa Press yesterday and I have >>> > read the first few chapters. This book is in fact the Jason Hickey >>> > book which has been floating around on the net for a while, updated by >>> > Tim Rentsch who I think is Jason's colleague or student. >>> >>> As someone who *was* Jason's student, I'd suggest that if that book is >>> clearly derived from Jason's book but Jason's name isn't on the cover >>> you should definitely be asking questions about that. I would say >>> more but I don't want to put words in Jason's mouth. >> >> I don't think there is any suggestion that it was plagiarised from >> him. In fact I think the author mentions Jason in the introduction ... > > The list time I spoke to Jason he had a deal with a major publisher > for his book. I think it's safe to say that there is no chance that > Jason would allow somebody to publish his book or a derived work > without his name on the cover. > > Cheers, > -n8 > > -- > Nathan Gray > http://www.n8gray.org/ >