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If I made the Cringe Wonka Mod and wanted to kill it off, I would never throw a tantrum and tell people they can't discontinue it just because I got bored, and when they try to tell me that (let alone insulting me and their subscribers), my answer remains "make me".
The problem is that Disney adjusted the laws decades ago to protect themselves. Right now, groups like M$ can keep people from using code they discontinue, do not sell, and will never use again. They will come after you for using code from "Windows 3.1" or "MS-DOS", and there is no reprieve. I simply do not equate a layman's non-commercial derivative, that isn't legally theirs, that he made as a hobby for a video game with no intent or right to sell, with a book or operating system, and I doubt a judge would either.
Indeed, Valve has as much a right to command me to stop as Ludeon- they are the host -and if they did or do, then so be it.
To everyone else, once a Mod is discontinued, I say bluntly and fully: make me .
I'll just be honest with you, as you were honest to me.
"Windows VII" is a commercial, proprietary software of Microsoft's own design. It was created and patented by them, copyrighted for their exclusive use, and so on. They sell it to make money. It won't be Public Domain for seventy years. A MOD is not the same. A Mod is a derivative of something and is not proprieatory. It is not the same as an original work.
There is no enforcement mechanism, there is no redress in the courts, and there's no way the law would hold up non-commercial fair use, which doesn't need permission.