1. You can't really trademark titles of books, and I wouldn't want to in this case because there needs to be more books in this style. This method works for beginners, and works really well, so I want there to be more.

2. I created the repository so that there's an even lower barrier to entry than having a title to copy. I actually need to update this repository, but if I made it then I want people to reuse the methodology and make their own.

3. My only complaint would be when people rip off my words. If someone wants to write one of these, they just need to do their own writing in their own words and not copy mine.

That's my stance on it. I like people copying the title and method as it means there's more books that will help people learning to code. I just don't like them copying what I wrote.

Also, read the README: https://gitorious.org/learn-x-the-hard-way/learn-x-the-hard-...

Zed A. Shaw created project Learn X The Hard Way 2011-08-29 22:06:48 UTC This is a skeleton book project that makes it easier to start working on a "Learn X The Hard Way"...