Originally Posted by
Peckish
Have you ever sold a paperback at a garage sale? Did you send the author and original publishing company a percentage of the proceeds of the sale? Once you purchase the book, you are free to do what you want with it. You may not re-type or photocopy the pages and publish it as your own. Same goes for a written pattern. You may give it away, trade it, or sell it. You simply cannot copy the pattern instructions and illustrations and sell them as your own work product.
Absolutely correct, but copying is forbidden under any circumstances (except copying portions for your own use). You cannot copy and sell or copy and give away, whether or not you are claiming it is your own work product. However you can dispose of the original pattern in any way you wish. You may even sell it for more than you originally paid, which is often the case with out of date patterns.