Forever Free - FO3

== FOREVER FREE ==

Check out the Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas versions of Forever Free, too!

• This is a free to use modder's resource. It includes a handful of color variations of the logo and the original .pdn file, as I use Paint. Net, for you to use in your mod description or images.
• This isn't a call to arms, a display of protest, or an us-versus-them statement. This is simply a public promise.
• If you use this logo on a particular mod you are promising to the community that the mod will always be free to download.

The “modding community” is just that: a community – people working together to build cool stuff. But recent events have raised the shadow of fear and uncertainty, and that uncertainty has threatened to drive a wedge between us. Forever Free seeks to help lift that shadow, and strengthen the ties that bind us all together.

What Forever Free is NOT:  - A call-to-arms.  - A display of protest.  - An us-versus-them statement that seeks to demonize those who choose to sell their work.

What Forever Free IS:  - A declaration of purpose.  - A public promise.  - A tool for fostering communication and collaboration.

There is nothing wrong with an artist choosing to sell their work – only failing to communicate that fact, when the work of other artists relies upon them. This is not about drawing lines in the sand or putting up walls: only leveling the playing field, and keeping things transparent. Modding will always exist, but the modding community is a fragile ecosystem, and it lives or dies by the spirit of positive collaboration and open communication. Forever Free is simply this: a recognition that the decisions of any of us have an effect on all of us.

By certifying content Forever Free, and prominently displaying the FF badge at the top of their mod’s description, an author stakes his or her name on an indelible public promise that that content is here to stay, and will never disappear behind a paywall. Fellow modders may feel safe in the knowledge that that work is safe to build on, and players have a guarantee that they will never be asked to pay for future expansions, bug-fixes, or premium content.

This community is not just a collection of people with the same hobby: it’s a brotherhood united by a shared passion and a legacy of achievement. Instead of burning bridges, let’s start building new ones.