# Retraction and thanks to Aaron Bedra and Relevance

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retraction-and-thanks-to-aaron-bedra-and-relevance/154592>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retraction-and-thanks-to-aaron-bedra-and-relevance/154592 "2008-12-02T01:15:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rudi\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Rudi\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rudi_C)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retraction-and-thanks-to-aaron-bedra-and-relevance/154592/1 "2008-12-02T01:15:28Z")

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After the previous thread about copyright and ownership of MPI Ruby,  
the folks at Relevance asked me to start a new thread setting the  
record straight:

- Aaron Bedra and I worked on separate branches of MPI Ruby, without  
knowing of the other’s work.

- I was accidentally misled by another party via email to  
misunderstand the situation, thinking that Aaron removed my name and  
adjusted copyrights inappropriately.

- I posted my accusations to the ruby-talk list without contacting  
Aaron or Relevance first. Unfortunately, I misread the situation and  
luckily Stuart from Relevance was able to correct me within 24 hours.  
My prior accusations were false on every point of fact, and I  
apologize wholeheartedly to both Aaron and Relevance, and also to the  
Ruby T. ML for wasting time and attention because of insufficiently  
careful review of wrong allegations on my part.

So for the aspiring politicos in the Ruby T. ML, let this be a  
lesson to you: send a private email first to avoid extra work and  
confusion as well as stress. Thanks for the other ML participants who  
clued me in on my first try at this difficult situation.

I expect this post to be the penultimate one, with the reply coming  
from Stuart to confirm acceptance and linking to the original mistaken  
thread so that search engines can frequently return the fuller story  
rather than the misleading earlier thread.

Best regards,

Rudi

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**Author:** ![Rudi\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Rudi\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rudi_C)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retraction-and-thanks-to-aaron-bedra-and-relevance/154592/2 "2008-12-02T05:33:38Z")

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Thanks Rudi!

I am glad that we got this sorted out, and that everyone now  
understands it was simply a misunderstanding.

Regards,  
Stuart Halloway  
Relevance