Skyrim multiplayer mod developers have apologised for “the use of protected code”

The developers of an upcoming multiplayer Skyrim mod have apologised over accusations that they used another modding team’s code without permission or attribution. In an update posted yesterday, the developers of Skyrim Together apologised to the team behind Skyrim Script Extender over “the use of protected code.” Last week, one of the developers of Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) - which is used to enable custom script threads and therefore more complicated mods - posted on Reddit. In that post, they said that the Skyrim Together teams was using “SKSE code, uncredited, without permission, with an explicit term in the license restricting one of the authors from having anything to do with the code.” They presented a number of comparisons between the two projects to back up their claim, and noted that the team was bringing in tens of thousands of dollars via their Patreon. In response, Skyrim Together’s developers said that they have “taken our time to thoroughly investigate what was going on.” They acknowledged that old SKSE code had been used, and say that they have now “removed any and all dependencies, associated content, or related code per [SKSE’s] request,” and will be “reconstructing anything that was made possible by the use of SKSE code.”

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