Copyright reminder - if someone else made it - you shouldn't copy it

[manwithtools]

@jamesdhatch

Almost everything I’ve ever created has its genesis in something else. I’m a dwarf standing on the shoulder of giants. The world is not morally prevented from standing on my shoulders.

I really like your comment on this. This is so true of almost everything. It’s a derivative of something that someone else thought of at some point in time. I hate to say there are no new ideas, but for many things this may be the case.

I also understand the OP’s position, but I’ll say this: If I’m making something strictly for my own use, I’m not likely to worry about the morality of it. The reality is, I was not going to buy it from the creator because I have the talent and tools to make it for myself. So the creator did not just loose a sale, I was not a potential customer to begin with. I would not have bought it if they offered it for sale, I enjoy the process of making it and I can do so at my own pace and perhaps even apply my own enhancements.

[johnbrooker]

I’m now having to get at least two more copies for family members.
They’re certainly not having mine.

[jeanneleigh]

I have to agree with you here - one of the best ways to learn how to do something is to copy it. It’s then one’s own responsibility to grow, change, and make something different from the original. I don’t see anything wrong with copying something for the sake of learning though.