Request Permission Feature.

[xZomosax]

Hello Nexus,

Wanted to pass an idea I had along to you. More of a modders feature to the website.

What I mean by this is a feature to allow modders to request permission for assets that the mod author as set up in a menu type system that he would allow others to use. So when said person ask for permission it PM's the mod author saying "this user as request permission to use "said gun mesh" in "said weapon pack" then the Mod author can then grant or deny the said person permissions to use it"

That would then write up a "Permission request page" that would be the evidence to the request for permission. This would make it a lot faster and allow the moderators to monitor the stolen/legit mods.

This would make it so mod authors that want to allow assets to be used in other mods can. But also keep track of who wants and also make sure the people who have gained permission to prove they have if it was ever questioned.

 

**EDIT** - Would be nice to get some feedback on why you think it is good/bad.

Edited March 20, 2013 by tyco1709

[MotoSxorpio]

Sounds like an interesting start to permissions tracking, what every new modder wants and every old school modder needs. A nice two way link, right on the page.

[DrakeTheDragon]

Well, I can see the benefit of a streamlined permission request/granting/tracking system here, but from where I'm standing it feels pretty much redundant rather.

 

For one, an original content author first has to report use without permission before anything in regards to content theft is going to happen. The situations in which you have to prove you got permission "against the original author's claim" (like, if he/she 'forgot' having given it to you, how likely is that? And maliciously first giving permission, then claiming it's stolen afterwards, how often does this actually happen?) gladly are still rather minimal around here.

 

For two, I prefer a more detailed conversation with the requestee about what he/she's having in mind with the feature(s) permission is asked for, and also including point three, defining the actual features permission is asked for won't be exactly easy in an automated message sort of solution. Shooting me a PM has always worked so far, for further defining the exact terms and conditions of re-use and which feature(s) it's about exactly, plus I also keep the PMs stored locally, so I can always quickly look up if I did grant permission in the past or not, for the really unlikely cause I'll ever be in doubt about this.

 

That last point actually brings me back to the first one. If I gave permission through PM and I can always store the PM locally, I know so can others as well any time. It'd be pointless to claim I didn't give permission, when I gave it in a PM. Last time I read of it there even were logs of PMs stored for administrative review and such on the Nexus servers. My 'foul play' with wrong accuses would be discovered in no time, if I actually wanted to try.

 

So to sum up, everything suggested here already is available through the traditional standard means of using PM or email. You could only 'streamline' the process some more, further integrating it into the site's functionality. But then by all means watch out for the 'restrictions' an automated approach such as this will imply.

[xZomosax]

Well, I can see the benefit of a streamlined permission request/granting/tracking system here, but from where I'm standing it feels pretty much redundant rather.

 

For one, an original content author first has to report use without permission before anything in regards to content theft is going to happen. The situations in which you have to prove you got permission "against the original author's claim" (like, if he/she 'forgot' having given it to you, how likely is that? And maliciously first giving permission, then claiming it's stolen afterwards, how often does this actually happen?) gladly are still rather minimal around here.

 

For two, I prefer a more detailed conversation with the requestee about what he/she's having in mind with the feature(s) permission is asked for, and also including point three, defining the actual features permission is asked for won't be exactly easy in an automated message sort of solution. Shooting me a PM has always worked so far, for further defining the exact terms and conditions of re-use and which feature(s) it's about exactly, plus I also keep the PMs stored locally, so I can always quickly look up if I did grant permission in the past or not, for the really unlikely cause I'll ever be in doubt about this.

 

That last point actually brings me back to the first one. If I gave permission through PM and I can always store the PM locally, I know so can others as well any time. It'd be pointless to claim I didn't give permission, when I gave it in a PM. Last time I read of it there even were logs of PMs stored for administrative review and such on the Nexus servers. My 'foul play' with wrong accuses would be discovered in no time, if I actually wanted to try.

 

So to sum up, everything suggested here already is available through the traditional standard means of using PM or email. You could only 'streamline' the process some more, further integrating it into the site's functionality. But then by all means watch out for the 'restrictions' an automated approach such as this will imply.

You make some good points here. My idea would pretty much be as such. Would just make it a function. Which in turns would do the same thing as the PM/Email thing. It would also allow people to see which part of the mod they would allow you to use so people dont get pointless email asking to use a gun which you have stated already that you will not grant permission to use. I do understand some people will still steal stuff from mods that will never change. This is just for the people who want to get legit permission to use said gun.