HEBRARIUM

Why this guide has versions

Education should correct itself in public

A serious guide
should not pretend to be final.

Cannabis knowledge changes. Laws change. Cultivation tools change. Medical evidence changes. Markets change. Testing improves. Old claims collapse. New claims appear. Some rumours become research questions. Some research questions become evidence. Some confident advice becomes embarrassing.

That is not failure.
That is education working.

This is why LIBERA HERBA uses versions, revisions and changelogs. Not because software language is fashionable, but because learning should leave a trail.

A guide that never changes is either perfect or dead.

We are not perfect. So we update.

Knowledge should leave a trail

A changelog is not housekeeping.
It is an ethical instrument.

It tells the reader what changed, why it changed, what was corrected, what was expanded and what remains uncertain. It shows that knowledge is not a performance of certainty. It is a disciplined relationship with correction.

If we change a recommendation, we should say so.
If a myth collapses, we should mark the collapse.
If evidence improves, we should update the lesson.
If we were wrong, we should not hide the body.

A teacher should be allowed to be wrong.
They should not be allowed to stay wrong once the evidence arrives.

Correction is part of the method

Science does not begin
with certainty.

It often begins with observation, doubt, hypothesis, error, repetition, correction and better method. A weak idea may lead to a useful experiment. A strange anecdote may become a research question. A belief may shrink under evidence and become more useful, not less.

The collapse of a myth is not a loss.
It is the moment education begins.

This matters especially in cannabis, a field shaped by prohibition, folklore, marketing, underground knowledge, patient testimony, uneven science, journalism, brand pressure and wishful thinking.

A static guide
would lie by standing still.

Versioning as responsible maintenance

Version 1 is not a monument.
It is a starting line.

Version 1.1 may correct language, clarify risk or repair mistakes.

Version 2 may change structure, update evidence, add new tools, remove obsolete advice or admit that an earlier explanation was too confident.

This is not instability.
It is responsible maintenance.

The reader deserves to know
whether a guide is alive.

The rule

Read generously.
Believe slowly.
Verify what matters.
Update when reality asks.

LIBERA HERBA is not trying to be the last word.

It is trying to be
a better word than yesterday.

Factual Note

Versioning and changelogs are useful editorial tools for documenting corrections, revisions, updated evidence and changes in scope. They help readers distinguish between minor edits, factual corrections, major rewrites and withdrawn claims.

Cannabis guidance may require revision because laws, product standards, cultivation technology, medical evidence and public-health recommendations change over time.

A responsible changelog should state what changed, why it changed and whether the revision affects safety, interpretation or previous recommendations.