Skyrim Mods and Kickstarter

[Xarrian]

Hey!

 

I just read on the Nexus main page about Project Eternity and it being funded voluntarily via a website called Kickstarter.com - it's the first time I have heard of this kickstarter thing, and being curious, I wanted to know what else is funded there. Being an active mod author, I was also interested if mods were allowed as projects to be funded there, too - to my surprise, there indeed are a few Skyrim mods registered as projects - one even got a 2200 Dollars according to the page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/anebriate/tales-of-the-drunken-paladin-skyrim?ref=search) - my basic question is, is that legal? From what I know of Bethesda's terms, I thought something like that would be prohibited? Or am I wrong? What do you think about funding a Skyrim mod via such a website?

 

With the best regards,

 

Xarrian

Edited October 6, 2012 by Xarrian

[acidzebra]

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Legalese is always tricky but the kickstarter thing you linked to is asking for money to MAKE the mod. As in "you give us some money, and we start making this thing". They're not selling the mod. Bit of a grey area there.

 

As for what I think of it, hey, if people are willing to pay to have content made, more power to them.

[Xarrian]

Ah, thanks for posting that excerpt. Well, in that case, it does seem to be not illegal, at least, I agree. I was just curious if asking for money to create the mod would fall under what I thought I read, but I guess I misread it instead. But yes, grey, it seems... Wonder if more mods will be listed there if more mod authors come to know that site.