[FM Discuss] Deleting an unwanted book from My Manuals?

[Daniel James]

Hi John,

> I think that once something has been given over to free
> culture, you no longer have ownership over it.

In practical terms, yes, but without author copyright there is no
distinction between free culture and public domain. If I put a book into
the public domain then someone can take it and produce a non-free
version from that source. (It happens when public domain works get an
all-rights-reserved introduction or notes added). I cannot stop that
because I have effectively surrendered copyright when I put that work
into the public domain.

> I know about half the books I have in the My Books
> page in Booki and a few manuals in FM were either created specifically
> for testing booki or for writing an article on using Booki. It would be
> nice to remove them from my books page so that I see only books that I
> wish to actively contribute to.

Right, we need to keep the servers tidy. Otherwise it's a little like
sending satellites into orbit with no clue about how to bring them down.
Eventually space gets littered with junk.

Cheers!

Daniel