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[Hilos de Discusión] [Fecha] [Tema] [Autor]At 07:31 AM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
Hi: I already sent you an email regarding this same request, but I think I didn't explained myself quite well, so here goes a (hopefully) better redacted email:
I'm sorry that I'm slow responding but I've been rather busy recently on some important projects and, as well, I've feel a need to consider this question carefully. On the one hand, I am honored (and flattered) by your request. On the other, there is a certain reluctance to offer a too-blanket permission, thus relinquishing control and authorship.
I can't remember if this title has previously been translated to Spanish (many of my titles have) but, if so, I'm sure that it's out of print in any language at present. In any case, being out of print, the copyrights have reverted entirely to me. I have no strong objections to adaptations but I would be interested to see an example of what you propose. Unfortunately, my Spanish is poor and long disused (/hablo un poco pero no muy bien y no muy dispacio)./ Of course, if you were writing in Thai, I might muddle through a bit better. As for the German, Japanese, Chinese and Russian translations ... I can't read more than a few words of the German.
In any case, I guess I'll say go ahead but I'll expect credit as appropriate and just consider it a matter of /karma/. After all, my intention in writing the books (money aside) was to teach because to impart wisdom and learning is always to earn ... I'm trying to think of the right word in English -- in Thai, I would say "/tahm boon/", meaning "to create (earn) merit" but I can't think of an exact equivalent in English or Spanish.
/Se la vie! /In any case, I would like to see what you come up with. Ben
My name is Ivan Caballero Cano, I live en Guadalajara city in Mexico. I am a Computer Science Engineer. I have read the book "Object-Oriented Programming in Turbo Pascal 5.5" (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company) and so I have found an oustanding way of explaining the basic concepts of Object Oriented Programming in Pascal. This book is (needless to say) a very important thing to me and one of my most precious resources. I have used the concepts contained in this book to teach some classes about programming in Delphi. The concepts explained in the book are so good that I feel the need to translate it to some Spanish documents that can help me teaching classes or just so people can get them as a kind of support in OOP. But before doing that, I am asking your permission Mr Ezzel so I can use your book as the basis of these documents and give them to the spanish-speaking programming community of free software. I'm not planning in doing an exact copy of your book (though in spanish) as I understand this is a crime. However I would make a set of documents that can synthetize the most important concepts contained in the book, but also adding some of my own ideas and examples I have used so the spanish readers can understand them easier. The documents are not completed yet, as I wanted to express my idea before publishing those documents. These will be published in the free software community. I hope you did understand this mail better and I'm looking forward to your reply. Once again I'm thankful that you created such an extraordinaire book as this one. Kind Regards