Anyone can make just about any pinball part they want for older machines and sell them too without licensing anything. The patents on all this stuff (if they ever were patented) have long-expired. Patents are good for 17 years.

The only pinball parts that require any licensing are newer parts that are still covered by patents and/or anything that has copyrighted artwork.

That doesn't matter to me because none of the parts I manufacture involve any copyrights. That was the entire point of my post.

No degree is worthless. They are only as worthless or worthwhile as the person who holds them.

Yeah I don't know what a J.D. or Concord are. I was responding to the statement made about a Poly Sci degree in general.

I've learned not to place too much on stereotypes when it comes to college degrees. Some of the most-successful people in the world have degrees that are traditionally scoffed at by some people. Liberal Arts, History, etc.

I remember when president Obama cracked a joke about people taking Art History as a major. He received some flack afterwards and felt bad about it and apologized.

My sister has a degree in "Art History" and makes more than I do. lol