Question on modding etiquette

[Ricky B]

Taffy, a very good question and good that you asked it. We don't have any suggestions, and definitely no rules, on that type of thing here - it is between you, the source creators, and potential HPS/JTS and John Tiller, as the game licensing agreements may cover somethign on ownership rights on third party mods.

Personally, I would have settled on one source for the art, if possible, but as that is a bit too late, I don't have any advice there. Normally I would suggest get permission from the creator of the art or work with someone to create missing parts, etc.

Regarding the other parts, I would say it depends on how much and how close it is. It would probably be good to ask the main sources that you can find - most of who you listed are still accessible and can be easily reached, so I would start with just letting them know. If you used major parts, then it would be really good of you to let them know what specifically you are using.

Otherwise, I don't think there is any obligation to do more, not sure what more could be done - and if you aren't selling it (and I think your selling anything based on the games would violate the game license anyway) then there are probably no legal restrictions to the use.

Regards
Rick