making by myself(from scratch) a mod that does the same as other actually listed is legal?

[cotoli]

My question is if making by myself(from scratch) a mod that does the same as other actually listed is legal.

well, not exactly the same but pretty much the same.

I want at least a similar thing but i dont know what the autor did exactly so i prefer to have it done by myself.

I guess i need the original author permssion but i just want to confirm it.

Edited March 13, 2014 by cotoli

[TheVampireDante]

There's nothing wrong with making a mod that does the same as another, and you would only need permissions from the author(s) of the other mods if you planned on using something they created.

 

Which by you own statement you would not be doing.

 

So go ahead.

[cotoli]

so if i make it all by myself without any file from the nexus i dont need permission?. i mean, isn´t that like "stealing" an idea?

sorry to bother, i just want to be absolutely positive.

Edited March 13, 2014 by cotoli

[TheVampireDante]

Nothing wrong with it at all, there's plenty of mods available that use similar or even the very same idea that are available already.

 

Some even inspired by the mods it's later seen as being "similar to".

[bben46]

Just because someone else did a mod first, that does not preclude you from doing the same thing but different. As long as you are not using their stuff in your mod without their permission. If they do give their permission, you can even do that. :thumbsup:

[alienzerox]

sorry to hijack but along the same lines here >> it's been a while since I made a mod & I wanted to get my feet wet again by trying to "redo" this mod, making it stand alone the author clearly gave permission within the comments sections on the mod page ... when asked for a standalone he replied that he did not know how to but anyone was welcome to redo it

 

so I unpacked the Fallout - Meshes.bsa via nvmm and proceeded to look for the corresponding mesh in "headgear" but I couldn't find it ... any help locating would be great

 

Thanks!

 

PS I found the same hat but it had a gasmask attached to it but could not locate "just the hat"

[Oubliette]

Not really the place for that question but you should be able to locate the items by opening the mod in the GECK and then examining its mesh and texture assests.

[alienzerox]

sorry I won't post here about this after this last comment ... it's just a recolor so no esp to open it opens with gimp since it's just a dds ... anyway

 

done

[cotoli]

thank you very much dante and bben46 for the answers regarding my question!!