I agree with everything said as I have been quilting for 30 plus years and after that article in McCalls I quit all magazines
subscritions as most all patterns today are spinoffs we have dicussed it in groups if there is such a thing as copyright how can they do all these spinoffs just to name a few origninal stack and whack spinoff oneblock wonder---orignial Square Dance spinoff twister also someone is doing a spinoff of Maggie Walkers cats now I see Judy Niemeyer has someone doing a spinoff of hers and oh yes I took a class from Sara Nephew years ago on the baby block one with no "Y" seams now there is a spinoff and that is just naming a few so if anyone can explain copyright I am all ears