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Anyway, lets see if i can make a list to present how this would go - theoretically.


1. Larian studios make official rules about it.



2. Only whole new campaigns, standalones or total conversions would be considered for this kind of process.
Of course, Larian devs can and should specify this further, in specific details and requirements.

- Some of these mods can be sold as standalones, some as parts of a big community packs with many mods inside. Whatever would work best.



3. Only the best of the best would actually get accepted, by Larian devs, with possible partial addition of community voting.
- Devs have the final say regardless of community voting.


4. The process goes something like this:

A modder or modding team starts working on their big mod.

- When they have something playable they start releasing it to the community for testing and comments, bug and other quality assurance, maybe as sort of beta versions of their final creation.

- When they are ready and decide to go for it, they submit the mod to Larian devs for judgement.

- Larian takes in account community comments about it and then decides.



5. Any tools, scripts, hacks, tricks, or whatever else the mod contains must be shared freely.

- If the mod is non commercial this falls under usual personal rules of behavior.

- If the mod gets accepted and judged worthy by Larian studios, sharing all such tools, tricks and info becomes mandatory. Or else.

All your scripts, hacks, tools and info belongs to Larian studios.


6. The only thing that is truly yours is the content you created for such a mod. Its story, gameplay, setting, lore, characters and their dialogues - and ultimately how it plays - the gestalt of the whole.

Everything else is just you tinkering with Larian property and their creation. Which they let you to do, being nice guys as they are.



7. Since you are creating this creation of yours on their engine, the content you create, the gestalt of your game/mod is only theoretically "yours".

Its just a nice thing to say. Not anything actually legally relevant.

Larian studios is sharing their engine editor with you - therefore you will share back all you make and create with it.

Any eventual money too. Under rules and terms decided by Larian studios.



8. Dont like it? Dont apply for it.

Want to make such a mod and share it freely? Do so.

Can't do that because you (or any other modder) don't own the intellectual rights to the product you've modded.

Don't forget the premise either that when you make a mod, even if you do import custom art and models etc. that you're still using the program made by Larian, thus you use their software to profit on your own creation.