a144/a163 and JH

[Jim Patchell]

Tony Allgood wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As one who has put a few circuits up on the web, I do not worry about
> others from taking my designs and using them for their own purposes. If
> I did, I wouldn't have put them up there. You cannot copyright your
> design, only the drawing.
>

    You also have to remember, that once something is made public, it is
extremely difficult to even to et a pattent.  Once you publish something
that is open to the public, it has basically become public domain.  I don't
worry about anybody ripping off what I post either.  If I did, I would not
post it.  I more or less take the hackers attitude, information is to be
shared.

>
> We must realise that people will take and use our ideas, and after all,
> isn't that what we want. Yes, some people will take and not say thank
> you, but that is the way of life. Many sites have claims that people
> should/can not use their designs commercially, but this can only be a
> request not a right. Software is a different issue entirely, and how
> many of us have used at one time a piece of unbought software.
>
> I don't think Doepfer is wrong to take the idea from Juergen, if indeed
> he has. I am often inspired by Juergen's designs, my latest OB-Sx module
> was given a aftertouch makeover after seeing Juergen's JH720. And the
> single pot that does two things depending on which side of centre it is,
> was another JH inspiration. I do not consider this stealing, or morally
> wrong. It is sharing ideas. If you want your idea to be a secret, then
> don't tell anyone.
>
> Having said that, a thank you is always a nice thing to hear.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony Allgood  Penrith, Cumbria, UK
>
> Walsh synthesiser, SuperLadder, TB303 clone and rack mounted filter
>
> http://www.techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk/projects.htm