question Rules regarding forking or taking over someone elses mod

[VoidSpawned]

Someone made a mod and has said in the mod description that if someone wants to take over they should email them.

So I was wondering what I would need to do if I do plan to take over the mod and start working on it.

And I mean specifically for when I want to post my version/update.

Edited February 6 by VoidSpawned

[Brady_The]

You have to be a bit more specific. About what step(s) are you exactly talking about?

There's the option to add team members to a mod, including team members with edit rights, so you could release updates on the original page.

Alternatively there's also the option to transfer ownerships of a mod in its settings on the ModDB. That would give you full control over the mod page.

Of course that would have to be done by the original owner.

Edited February 6 by Brady_The

[VoidSpawned]

I was just asking if there are any additional community rules regarding the taking over of a mod cause I have the permission of the original author to take over the development, but i didn't want to miss anything that I might have overlooked. but if there aren't any except getting the permission and the edit rights / ownership then I will know enough.

I'm mostly asking for my personal peace of mind considering I couldn't find the info I needed during my search through the forums.

 

[Brady_The]

You should be good. You have already gone a lot further than the vast majority of people who just rip and re-upload mods without zero regards given. No plaintiff, no judge.

Edited February 6 by Brady_The