Incline Nexus Now Disallowing Creators To Delete Their Mods (Aug 5 Cutoff Date Passed)

[rusty_shackleford]

Reading the Codex terms of service made me think of this thread.

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[Wolfstorm]

Hi. This is my first post here.
I supported the Nexus move for the removal of deletions, and will support them again if they remove the permissions system. This system is unnatural and I consider it a abomination. It goes against everything modding stands for.
If you share your mods freely, expect people using it in ways you didn't anticipated. Such is the nature of modding: we build on each other's shoulders. Only the Bethesda modding scene is different: there we see mod authors DMCA'ing each other, instead of building content together.
If you want proprietary controls, don't make mods, make games, using UE or Unity. Modding is amateur work, it is a hobby, we do it for ourselves, and only share to see other modders expanding on our own work. Now mod authors are afraid of sharing their works and be banned from the Nexus for doing it, because they used a shrub from a parlor diva.

If there is a online campaign for the removal of the permissions system, please let me know so that I can sign it. This would be the next logical step after the removal of deletions: enforce open source on the Nexus, against the wishes of prima donnas. They say Wrye was against this, however he was writing in 2005, and things were different back then. Back then we didn't see mod authors being punished for releasing content.

 

[Ravielsk]

Hi. This is my first post here.
I supported the Nexus move for the removal of deletions, and will support them again if they remove the permissions system.

Yup, same here. I really cannot stand it when I find a good but old mod recommendation only to learn that the OG author took it down and now no one is even allowed to continue his work because of "muh permission". The original author could be dead for all the community knows but until they give their blessing you are not allowed to even touch their work.

Just Skyrim has several utility mods that are exclusive to the legendary edition for no other reason than the author did not allow porting them. Even uploading self made ports is no allowed. Its just one of those things that entirely undermines the whole concept of modding as a whole.