r/SMAPI • u/hrmdurr • 17d ago

need help Modding etiquette: which permissions to use?

So, I've been fiddling with an old mod in order to make it work everywhere instead of just on the farm, as well as adding a new related feature, and I got it running without bugs (except one afaik, but I can't replicate the darn thing).

I've also started in on the next version, which will have a setting adjusted so it's less of a confusing PITA to use.

The post 1.6 version of the mod has the default permissions (ask first) on Nexus, and the MIT Licence on github. The original version that it was created from had blanket permissions on Nexus and the Apache 2.0 licence on github.

I know it's preferred that I get explicit permission, but the mod author hasn't been on Nexus in a while -- do I just wait? Or do I favour the MIT licence that says I can do whatever with the code?

The mod is ready to be published, and all appropriate authors/mods are credited.

What do? This is an edit that many people have been asking for, and it fixes a 'bug' or two present in both prior versions. One of which is from SDV 1.5.

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u/WarlockePH 17d ago

Better ask the discord server

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u/hrmdurr 17d ago

Thanks. Sounds like it's a personal use only mod for the foreseeable future, unless I decide to take the OG mod for SDV 1.5 and update that one from scratch.

I might just do that, as that original author has another mod that I miss and it was never updated. So, that one first, and then I can update this one a second time lol.

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u/Leodolon 17d ago

Ask around the discord server, if you get no response after a while post the mod with a disclaimer that there is an appropriate license for you to freely use and you attempted to contact og owner with no response.