Since mod rights can be a complex issue, this seemed like a good time to discuss the mod issue. The mod pack has been pulled, but there's been quite a bit of legal analysis thrown out by both the Morrowind 2011 side and the mod makers side. When credits were added to the package, the mod makers were still unhappy, and many words like 'illegal' were thrown out on the table. He did go to great lengths to put the package together and, more importantly, all of the documentation on how to make the mods work together, as apparently Morrowind mods can be a bit unruly. I suggest everyone read both the article and the comments, as they summarize most of the points made by both sides of this debate. The most complete account I've been able to find is here, which boils down to the person who compiled and released Morrowind 2011 didn't have permission from any of the people who created the original mods in the package.

To some this sounded like a way to pass the time until Skyrim released, to others this was 'illegal.' Let's see if we can piece together some of the story here to explore just where the rights of modders lay, both with respect to the original developer and with respect to one another.

There's been quite the uproar over the past few weeks over Morrowind 2011, the now defunct project which collected and harmonized some 4GB of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind mods to make the game 'appealing' to a current audience.

Morrowind free legal