On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:44:26 GMT, "Thomas Wentworth"
wrote:

[Terry]
If you think it's ok to steal someone's work, then you are probably too
stupid to design the structural detail properly.

[Thomas]
...,,, when someone buys a set of plans for a Roberts boat. Is there
anything wrong with building more than one boat with the same set of plans?

I got to thinking ?? So, say three people split the cost of one set of
plans and start building three boats.

Is that wrong?

I have never built a boat. Are the plans like big paper that you lie on a
board and then mark the board and cut the board? In other words,,,, are the
plans a template? I just wonder what exactly plans look like?

If you know, please post ... curious



People ask this question who are unaware of the nature of that
business.

Selling boat (and even more, airplane) plans is a low volume business,
but a business that demands plenty of background and expertise.

Sellers usually note in the terms of sale that the plans are a license
to build one copy. Their contract may allow buyers to sell the
plans on, if they decide against building, but not always.

The designer usually wants to fairly support one builder build one
vessel.

And nobody begrudges them their fee, in general, when they know the
rules of the game

Brian Whatcott Altus OK