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Interesting threads on the Forum

Discussions and Decisions Made

These are threads where a serious discussion has arisen, and a decision has been made. Usually with these issues they have become formalish LibriVox policy, and they are unlikely to change, though this is an entirely volunteer-driven project, so you never know what might happen!

• What licensing do we use at LibriVox?

  • public domain vs. creative commons, extensive rationale

  • public domain vs. creative commons non-commercial

  • Public Domain vs. Creative Commons

  • free as in... This one has come up a LOT.

• Do we need the LibriVox disclaimer? Can we change/shorten it?

  • Eradicate the disclaimer

• Do we/will we have a rating system at LibriVox?

  • voting?

  • Ning - Audio Book Reviewer

• Discussing recording standards and how far we should go

  • If we're going to do it, let's do it right

• Librivox, wikipedia, and Link Spam

  • Conflict and Resolution

• Others selling LibriVox recordings

  • eBayed Librivox

• Recording V.S. Text Differences

  • Fifty Digits of Pi

Just a random, unordered collection of threads where odd sites or subjects have triggered discussions among the members.

• Problems with cats (and other background noises) while recording.

• Visiting relatives, children and other vermin: recordings being deleted maliciously or accidentally.

• Cheap solutions for recording without a computer.

• Panning the Classics and Strange synopses of the Classics

• Hating RealPlayer, and uninstalling it.

• Computer/video games (especially Harry Potter).

• Lots of librarians on the site.

• A site that lists one hundred best first lines (but the thread is mainly about Nabokov's Lolita).

• Kittens and other cuteness.

• Peculiarities of English pronunciation.

• General characteristics of "Librivoxers"