Date   : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:20:29 +0100
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: making replica acorn cards

stuart wrote:
> So if I design a replica card, and publish the designs I might not not
> be breaking copyright at all!

You've designed a replica, you aren't using the original. You can't
copyright an idea, only an implementation. If your implementation
of the functional idea is expressed differently, it is a different
work.

JGH