You started it cromcrom, as usual.
Dont cry about it now. If you want people to reply to you in a normal way learn to address others in a non insulting ways and without various invented strawmans and other assorted fallacies.
Going a bit back;
Let's say I work for hours, and come up we a pretty nice script, I share for free.
You take it and use it in the mod you sell.
Wtf ?
Are you gonna pay me for my generously shared hard work ? Are you the only one to take advantage of it? Why would I share anything if you make money out of it and I am the fool ?
Theoretically speaking: I would not pay you anything for that script you shared for free. And i will explain why exactly. What i would do is give you credit for it and i would share freely all my scripts and other tricks i discovered or made - for you to use as you want, provided you give me credit for them.
Now, if you can use any of those to create and construct a big quality campaign with all content that requires and then apply for Larian judgement on whether it could be sold - pass it - and then have players happy with it and deemed worthy of a few euros based on its internal quality - then you wouldnt need to pay me anything either.
Because sharing is caring.
And then we would be equalized.
A script, a hack, a trick or whatever any modder comes up with - is just a tool.
You dont sell those tools, because by themselves they are almost worthless in this sense.
You would sell your whole new campaign. Its story, gameplay, characters, dialogues, environments and quests - as a whole.
Because thats the only thing you actually created, the only thing that is actually yours.
The rest belongs to Larian studios.
So, this might be the death of sharing.
Just take Mount and blade.
Only the most prestigious mods got sold. EVERYTHING else is free, the community being very dedicated about that. Result is a very old game that still has masses of followers, because of the great spirit and mods behind them.
errm... ffs... sigh...
NWN2 toolset was free, mods were free, the community is still strong behind it.
Oh yes, NWN2 whole new games or campaigns. We are practically drowning in them and there are people still playing that, sure. All three of them. Strong. Right - e - o.
Smash hit that NWN2 was. Or should i say slam dunk.
