So as has been discussed in the The current state of the seeding update thread there aren'y any specific rules when it comes to mod makers making branded mods and releasing them as free mods.
The questiong I hope we can answer here(maybe with some help from the german counter thread to this) is, is it actually legal to create a mod based on a real brand like a horsch seeder, without obtaining a license for it.
Personally I'm of the belief that as long as it's free there shouldn't be a problem. If you charge money for a mod(donations not counting) then you are earning money on something you do not legally own the license to. You may have created the 3d model and textures but it's not your original idea unlike if you created a seeder made purely from your own imagination.
But what are your thoughts? Do you have sources to any actual laws etc about modding games using branded models?
Another fun thing would be to contact Horsch them selves and ask if they would take any legal actions if a modder created horsch machines as mods for CnC. This is based on a comment someone made in the german thread about now that horsch has cut all ties to other farm sim devs would this then have an affect on mods based on horsch products for those games.
So yeah, let's see if we can't get to the bottom of this.
The questiong I hope we can answer here(maybe with some help from the german counter thread to this) is, is it actually legal to create a mod based on a real brand like a horsch seeder, without obtaining a license for it.
Personally I'm of the belief that as long as it's free there shouldn't be a problem. If you charge money for a mod(donations not counting) then you are earning money on something you do not legally own the license to. You may have created the 3d model and textures but it's not your original idea unlike if you created a seeder made purely from your own imagination.
But what are your thoughts? Do you have sources to any actual laws etc about modding games using branded models?
Another fun thing would be to contact Horsch them selves and ask if they would take any legal actions if a modder created horsch machines as mods for CnC. This is based on a comment someone made in the german thread about now that horsch has cut all ties to other farm sim devs would this then have an affect on mods based on horsch products for those games.
So yeah, let's see if we can't get to the bottom of this.