[modeleng] Re: Stuart Triple Expansion Engine
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:00:44 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, Harry, but they do not have anything to worry
about from me! I'm not skilled enough!!
Al
--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 05:13 AM 12/14/04 -0800, you wrote:
> >While I realize that the Stuart design is probably
> patented,
>
> Al,
> We've had a discussion or two along these lines
> before on the List,
> and although it depends upon what your intentions
> are, IIRC the concensus
> was that a "casting(s)" alone is/are not
> copyrightable and if you make a
> pattern then it is your original creation and you
> are free to have castings
> from it.
> Of course the drawings for the castings and
> it's parent mechanism are
> certainly copyrightable, and the parent mechanism
> may indeed be patentable
> (although in this case I don't think patents are an
> issue), but you as a
> modeler are in the clear unless you copy the design
> or any part of it and
> offer it for sale commercially as your own. Stuart
> (for instance) would
> then have a valid copyright complaint, as they have
> lodged against an
> Australian company who produce what appear to be
> rather blatant copies of
> Stuart engines.
>
> Regards,
> Harry
>
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