Would there ever be a publication of collected 'best' answers from Fluther?

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I think it would only be ethical if permission were sought from each contributor that one wished to include. Although our answers are now in the public domain – so to speak – we might be willing to have them out here as answers to a question, but not as part of a book. It’s a nice idea in many ways, but that would be my caveat.

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