Permissions question

[BladehawkeX]

I'm thinking about doing a child replacer because somebody on another forum was complaining about the children looking like "rocks".

 

I know such a thing already exists in http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44458/?, but that does a lot more than what I/we are looking for. I read their Distribution/modification info. It reads:

Please distribute unmodified copies widely: the CotW project is intended to become a standard base for child mods, to make everyone's modding as easy and consistent as possible. While it is not a requirement, if you make improvements or modifications that you think we might find useful, we'd be very grateful if you could contribute them back to the project. Either way, please credit the project for any resources used.

Distribution of modified versions of the CUTE body mesh is not permitted without the prior agreement of the CotW team. An exception is cropping it to fit with new outfits. Modifications may cause community splits, increasing the chances of conflicts, and going against the project's purpose as a standard base for modders. The restriction is also the express wish of the mesh's creator, Dimon. However, re-textures are permitted and welcomed.

So long as you give credit, you are also welcome to use, abuse and reuse all other resources from the mod in any way you wish, though to prevent future conflicts, we would be grateful if you'd consider just making this mod a prerequisite to your own, instead.

By my reading of this, I think I can reuse their textures/meshes as long as I give them credit and do not modify the CUTE body mesh. Am I correct or do you read it differently?

 

Using their project as a prerequisite doesn't seem viable as their download is about 400MB and I need less than 1/8 of that and I don't want the functionality they add.

[dubiousintent]

That is the way I read it as well. In general I would suggest getting clarification from the project team directly but I see the "childrenofcyrodiil.com" site no longer exists, making it difficult. The only other possibility would be to see if any of the team members are still active. But the Nexus download page permissions allow "modification" and "asset use", so the combination seems to put you on safe ground.

 

But I'm just another forum member. You can PM a moderator (Jokerine, Jim_uk?) for the Staff opinion. They are the ones you need to please.

 

-Dubious-