" Can you tell us how much a design must be changed before it becomes a new design. Or, looking at it from the othe direction, how little you need to change a design and not have it called a copy." Very wide question. At one end of the scale, a flop mould, is a copy of a boat's shape. Whether anything else is a copy is a question of fact in each case, as to how many points of similarity or identity there are. Can you tell us at what point you feel a boat design of yours has been copied, or on the other hand, just used as the beginning point for a new boat? I notice the lines of your boats are displayed at QCC kayaks website. How do you feel about someone taking those lines and making a cedar stripper for themselves? Any objection? What if they then sell it? Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 03 2004 - 17:16:35 PDT
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