I should be safe then. I never am able to stick to any one pattern. Somehow, I have to change something now matter how much I love the pattern.
I do personally think that in our world of rights we get wayyy too hung up on copyright laws to the enth degree. I do believe there is a purpose and a place for copyrights but like a lot of things, it has been carried too far.
JMO :-D
PS: JJs, I totally agree with you. Like you stated so clearly... I get enough quilting magazines to realize that designers of quilts borrow blocks and put a new twist on it, rename it and now it's theirs? And noone else can make a quilt from it and show it or sell it?