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Originally Posted by drjenkins
I just ran across this article on PCWorld
How to share your DRM-free ebooks with Calibre
The author describes how to set up caliber 3.0 server to share DRM free books. So far, so good - but there is a serious problem with the article. First, the subtitle is "Set up a public ebook lending library". Second, his procedure does not password protect the server. Third and foremost he leaves the distinct impression that DRM free equates to public domain... |
I am not familiar with the Calibre server but frankly I saw, from a general Windows Home Network point of view, no problem with the article. First the writer makes a number of references to it being on a home network, so no confusion possible about that.
Perhaps not known to some though is that folders, etc. normally available to all devices on a Windows home network are referred to as "Public" and they remain as "Public" even if access is limited by password to only users who have accounts on the host machine. This terminology can be seen by looking at C:\Users\Public on Windows PCs; it can also be seen that these are emulated in the Windows Libraries Music, Pictures, Videos, etc. which I suspect many Windows users will know are "Public" and so are "Public Libraries".
It should be noted that not all public folders, etc. are shown in the C:\Users\Public folder.
So, after all that, if it is that the Calibre server is available to all devices on the home network (and I don't know if it is or not because I don't use it), even if access is limited to only those users that have user accounts on the host machine, then the article author's use of "Public" is correct, at least for Windows, and that is how I took his meaning to be.