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Why does the Mod Portal allow mod authors to publish mods that come with licences that restrict how the player can play the game? I would have expected it to be limited to source code licences and force mods to be governed under the same rules as the main game.

There really should be a warning dialog when installing such a mod to prevent users from breaking its licence terms unknowingly.

It is what it is.
Can we just stop this topic here, please? It will just lead to unpleasant discussions.
The worst case, is that mod developers will delete their mods to not fall under too hard restrictions

jodokus31 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:00 am

Can we just stop this topic here, please? It will just lead to unpleasant discussions.

I find players committing criminal copyright violations without intending to or being aware of more unpleasantness.

Henry Loenwind wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:19 am

jodokus31 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:00 am

Can we just stop this topic here, please? It will just lead to unpleasant discussions.

I find players committing criminal copyright violations without intending to or being aware of more unpleasantness.

To my perception, its not the problem, that players violate the copyright without knowing, but they rather are worried about pursuance, if they do it with knowledge. I've never heard about a factorio mod, where it got that far. It honours those, who are respecting it, and i'm quite sure, its not a big deal if someone happens to violate the licence by accident.

Klonan wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:17 pm

License doesn't mean anything when it goes against our ToS:

By uploading a mod to the mod portal, you grant us the irrevocable right to reproduce, adapt and distribute the mod and its content as necessary to operate the mod portal and provide the service to our users.

https://factorio.com/terms-of-service

So the 'don't download this' is not correct, and will not be enforceable or anything
The mod author can delete the mod if they don't wish players to download it

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