[sdiy] Legal issues of cloning

[John Ames]

It'd certainly be a whole lot more accessible for *me* to DIY a good
JP8 clone (if such a kit were to be made available) than to save the
$3-5K for the original, that's for sure.

On 10/6/13, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> > Cloning is for sheep.
>
>> Cloning for profit. Yes, let's stop encouraging this practice
>> and get back to the true spirit of diy and experimenting.
>
> While I mostly agree (and I've never had the desire to clone anything), I
> think it can be very useful in two ways:
> 1.  It makes certain rare items available again (such as the new ARP 2600
> clone project, which I plan to build)
> 2.  It is a useful learning exercise for those new to synth DIY (and for
> some old to it as well).
>
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