Nexus Upload Guidelines

Post by **JaxFirehart** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:03 pm

Well in that case, what does fly on the Nexus? If an author is MIA what is the proper way to handle the situation?

Post by **Kainschylde** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:09 pm

What about only posting an updated .esp/.esm, and linking back to the original mod for resources?

Post by **sesom** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:19 pm

There is a lot of discussion in the mod authors forum of nexus about update to older mods with authors mia. TTW conversion is such a update. The general consensus seems to be that no updates should be made if the mod author doesn't give permission.

I personally find this a bit strange but that is how I understood this thread.

Post by **thermador** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:48 pm

OK I updated the first post in this thread again, hopefully it is more clear.

Post by **bigbobblehead** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:27 am

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Just to clarify on the Nexus if you do not receive permission then do not upload full stop even if said mod author is MIA. Sending them a PM saying they can take it down if they wish etc does not fly on the Nexus.

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Post by **wfpeterson** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:00 pm

Is anyone familiar with Nexus' position regarding statements made in mod descriptions? Is a statement "I don't care what you do with this mod" sufficient to establish an authors permission? Notwithstanding that, some authors make pretty ambiguous statements and/or have used other people's materiel so it can be complicated to interpret permissions without clarifying it with the author.

But remember, even though mods are, technically, covered by copyright law, no one's going to get sued for misusing someone's mod. We're really just talking about using some common courtesy and establishing community morality among modders and gamers.

Would TTW admins reject a post of a mod conversion where the original Nexus author denied permission? What about if the original author denied permission in the mod description then went MIA?

If TTW admins rejected a conversion, would they ban someone for posting it to some other site? I believe Nexus did this at one time, but I may be mistaken.

Post by **chucksteel** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:17 pm

I would consider the statement "I don't care what you do with this Mod" as permission to do what you want with it.

The TTW would reject a mod conversion with out the original author's permission even if they have gone MIA.

We would not ban someone for posting it on some other sit it would just not be allowed here. The Nexus does and will ban you if they find a mod hosted on other sites without the authors permissions. Which is why your unauthorized conversion would be rejected here.

Even though TTW is not allowed on the Nexus we are on good terms with the Nexus staff many of them come here and they even allow us to upload TTW mods so long as we follow some basic rules.

Post by **wfpeterson** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:12 pm

Thanks for the info, particularly the part about what Nexus people do. I've done a couple of conversions that work well enough for my personal use, but I wouldn't want to spend a lot of my time with the GECK to make things perfect unless I was sure I could distribute it.

I just read the OP and learned about the Nexus permission system. One of the mods I'm interested in releasing has permission granted for all categories except:

Conversion permission

You are not allowed to convert this file to work on other games under any circumstances

Do you think TTW or Nexus admins would consider TTW to be an "other" game for the purpose of converting FO3 mods? I personally believe that the restriction is directed toward Skyrim or Oblivion, but I'm not an official source.

Post by **JaxFirehart** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:20 pm

Well as far as I am concerned, TTW is NOT an "other" game. But there really is no telling what the author intended. The Nexus seems to be incredibly strict about that, you know, letter of the law vs. spirit. So as far as the Nexus is concerned, yes TTW is another game than FO3.

Post by **chucksteel** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:46 pm

I just don't want someone to post a conversion here with out permissions and then get themselves banned from the nexus because we allowed it to happen. My intent is not only to protect the original author of the mod but to protect you to. I also agree with jax that TTW is not another game but who knows what someone from the Nexus would do if they see it here.

There was a big deal in the modder only forums on the nexus just the other day about someone taking mods from the nexus and uploading them to Mod DB the person did get banned from the nexus.