A lot of the quilts I make I recreate from someone's pattern without purchasing the pattern. If it's a copyright infringement then I have a closet full of evidence against me. lol! When I share my quilts with others, I always credit the pattern or designer for the inspiration and provide links, if I can, but I do disclose I did not use a pattern so other's know it may not be a perfect rendition of a specific pattern. I respect designers and their creations but, at some point, some have to realize that it's the same stuff of history, just regurgitated in a quilt top differently. I was playing with a bearclaw quilt block the other day in EQ8...just changing the color placement alters the block to something completely different. Then, a couple of days later, I saw a quilt using that redesigned block in a quilt top and the pattern was $9. lol...go figure!