Community Publishing Rules

Lore DB allows library owners to publish their libraries to the community, making them discoverable and subscribable by all users. This page explains how publishing works, what you’re responsible for, and how moderation is handled.

Who can publish

Any owner of a non-personal library can publish it to the community. Personal libraries cannot be published. Lore DB administrators can also publish any library.

What happens when you publish

1. Your library appears in the community browse page at /community, visible to all authenticated users
2. Your name is shown as the publisher (administrators’ publications are attributed to “Lore DB”)
3. Any user can subscribe to your library, gaining read-only (viewer) access
4. Your library is searchable by name, description, and tags

Before you publish

You must acknowledge the publishing terms by checking a confirmation box. This acknowledgment is recorded and confirms that you:

• Have the right to share all content in the library publicly
• Understand your name will be displayed as the publisher
• Accept responsibility for the content
• Comply with the Terms of Service

Your responsibilities

As a publisher, you are solely responsible for the content in your published library. Lore DB does not review, endorse, or take responsibility for user-published content.

You must not publish:

• Copyrighted material you do not own or have permission to share
• Paywalled content (industry standards, commercial publications, subscription-only material)
• Content that violates any law or regulation
• Malicious, misleading, or harmful content
• Personal or sensitive data belonging to others

You may publish:

• Your own original documentation, guides, and knowledge
• Freely available public content (government regulations, open-source documentation)
• Content you have explicit permission to share publicly

Reporting and moderation

How reporting works

Any user can report a community library they believe violates the Terms of Service. Reports require a written reason explaining the concern (e.g., “contains copyrighted content”, “inappropriate material”).

What happens to reports

• Reports are reviewed by Lore DB administrators
• Administrators may dismiss a report if it is unfounded
• Administrators may unpublish the library if the report is valid
• Each user can only submit one report per library

Your rights

• You can unpublish your own library at any time
• If your library is unpublished by an administrator, you may contact us to discuss the decision
• You can re-publish a library after addressing the issues that led to its removal

Unpublishing

You can unpublish your own library at any time from the library detail page. When a library is unpublished:

• It is removed from the community browse page
• Existing subscribers keep their access (viewer role remains)
• You can re-publish it later

Lore DB administrators can also unpublish any library at any time.

Subscribers

When users subscribe to your published library:

• They receive read-only (viewer) access
• They can search and read documents in the library
• They cannot edit, add, or remove documents
• They can unsubscribe at any time by leaving the library