Public domain designs

[kengrome]

Well then, just join the dwforum Yahoo group and ask your questions there. Chuck reads the posts since it is his group ...

[dskira]

Originally Posted by twilli49

I have started a boat building company and have been inspired by old designs. There are many of these designs found on the internet, some 40-50 years old. I would like to build these for resale and I'm concerned with copyright or patent issues. How do you tell if an old design is public domain? An example is Weston Farmer's designs. I believe his grandson owns his designs but do copyrights apply? Can these boats be built for commercial purposes?

If on your business plan for your boat building company you put:
Expenses for plans: free.
You better don't start your company. It is not serious. Asking and been concerned by copyright sound like you have a second agenda.
Even old plan has to be revisited by a designer fo adjustment, weight and so on.

Daniel