To everyone who's ever released a non-trivial mod for BC, whether in the highly likely case you used Foundation or not, or any who can notify them: Please consider posting receipts, Wayback links, all that proves prior work and makes your credits and wishes plain.
The volume of work still openly released by the modding community for Bridge Commander is enormous. It rivals a small game studio's. People are getting very interested in it - those who respect the authors, and some who don't.
The volume of unreleased work would blow everyone's minds and show up on some serious radar if released. We don't want another Stage 9, nor do we want attempts to claim credit for it, clout-chase or profiteer off of it, or use it in reckless ways that would upset Activision or CBS - these should be prevented. The record should be clear, and nobody's secret. This is a key reason the Foundation's choice of LGPL licensing stands.
For more NIF/TGA/WAV focused work, consider this advice in whatever sense it helps you. Your rights are better understood by all than are coders'. As a coder responsible for the basis of our work's integration, I'll look out for others, and your thoughts matter here.
I returned to find a lot of concern, public and private, that credit was gradually stolen and the record being buried. I've been keen to make sure this all gets settled. The sites that went down with so many of our conversations and announcements are a huge loss. We can rebuild it better.
If authors would rather not release work because for whatever reason, including concern about what's happening lately - I completely understand, and it's all our loss that disrespect is such a problem. I want to help create the basis for us to work together.
And once we get on a better footing with code, just look at how clear this picture could be. Example taken from the OpenMW project. This could be us.
Topic: All BC modders, new and legacy: consider securing your work against plagiarism (Read 529 times)