Originally Posted by
Dodie
after all of this copyright garbage I have decided I do not need any of their patterns books or magazines I have a big supply from the 1980's when the book writers and pattern makers were proud of their work and very pleased to see someone who liked them enough to buy the fabric to make them in those days I really respected those people but in this day and age and the greed I have lost my respect for them and if you really want to see some good patterns and magazine articles just check out some of those older ones this new stuff with their greed and selfishness cannot hold a candle to the quilters past
I had a look at Bonnie Hunter's website and found she has a very sensible copyright statement. As I was reading other messages about copyright, I was surprised to see that some demand you cannot sell the product you produce with their free pattern. That is insane. There is one lady I know who has a daily mailing list and she sends quite a few cute pictures, music, and links to encourage everyone; however, she has a nasty copyright statement that says you better not forward anything from her message without including her name! She did not invent those things, she merely collects them from the www. The links belong to someone else, so how could she have a copyright at all?
Anyway, off my soap box now and want to send you a very friendly copyright statement from Bonnie:
*Note* You may print the patterns from this website for your own use! Feel free to share them with your friends. I encourage you to use the patterns to teach a class, make quilts to sell, to donate to charity and exhibit in your guild quilt shows! However, just because the patterns here are free for your use, does not mean you can use them with the intent to sell the patterns themselves. Please respect copyright policy and keep the pieceful spirit of quilting alive and well!