Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5011997-20130201184955/@comment-5319459-20130327170427

ShrunkenQuasar wrote: I wouldn't want to use a modpack that hadn't first gotten the explicit permission from the mod authors. And with that, you step into one of the biggest arguments in the Minecraft community.

First off, we will never completely get to the bottom of this, both sides have been up on their high horses for a very long time.

But, having said that, Tekkit is the biggest most widely used modpack EVER!

Thanks to Tekkit/Technic thousands upon thousands of people have enjoined the mods it includes, who otherwise would never have even heard of them.

At no point have I seen the Technic pack team passing off mods as their own work. They have supplied donation links for modders who have them and have removed mods when authors have wanted them removing.

Some modders want to have control over their mods, others just want their mod out there and being enjoyed regardless.

I sit on the fence with all of this. I can see why each side does what is does, but the root of the problem is that there are modders who want control, more than users and, unfortunately, that is the wrong mentality for minecraft mods.

The Technic team is starting to get over it and I think that others would do well to follow.