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"Steve Foley" <steve.foley@att.DELETE.net> wrote in message
news:hIjfh.2670$_55.1326@trndny09...
> "Mike Gaskins" <mbgaski@clemson.edu> wrote in message
> news:1165858061.792097.209460@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>> IIRC, the designer of the VP-2 had some safety concerns with the plane
>> (namely it makes a marginal 2-seater, though as a single seat plane the
>> design is sound as I recall), and so he put the plans into the public
>> domain. Given that they are no longer copyrighted, and the designer
>> wants no part of them, if you can find a person with a set willing to
>> just make you a copy then that should be perfectly fine.
>
> I cannot find anything to support this. In fact, the Evans aircraft website
> claims copyright on all VP-1 and VP-2 plans.
>
Yep, from the website.
N O T I C E
All Volksplane Designs are protected under international copyright law.
No part of VP-1 of VP-2 plans may be reproduced or distributed in any form
or process without
written permission of the designer. Authorized dealers are EAA, PFA, and
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty.
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