| Jim Haig 2005-05-06, 6:02 pm |
| Rich Teer wrote:
> On Thu, 5 May 2005, Jim Haig wrote:
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> For the record, I (being said author) refute any and all claims of
> plagiarism. Yes, there are some similarities between my book and
> APUE. As I've said in the past, they are intentional, imitation
> being the sincerest form of flattery. But there are also MANY
> differences (my book is almost twice the size of APUE, so there'd
> have to be!).
>
> My publisher is aware of Dickey's allegations, and has investigated
> the matter. As far as they are concerned, it is a non-issue; and
> my book is published by the same company as APUE. So as far as the
> copyright holders are concerned, there is no plagiarism; and that's
> good enough for me.
The web page seems to be alleging that unauthorized borrowing occurred.
Do you mean that no borrowing occurred (ie that the author of the page
is mistaken), or that borrowing did occur but was authorized by the
publisher of Stevens' book?
-- jpg
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