The problem with it is, most mods are made for individual use, freely. No reason for a key at all. If in making a mod with someone else's "gun", you need to get thier permision before making the mod. A key would be useless.

Only a handful of the people who play mods actually submit them too. If you find a mod someone's made that's obviously taken parts of yours, without credit or permission, email Bargib or bakedpotato about it. There's no need to lock anything down. I've never seen a mod do it before, even the ones that had a load of new features.

Just what we need... Mod Nazis. That would be the end of it all. I could write a book here on this subject but I'll just go cry and let it pass.

Well I didn't expect anyone to like, but i though i might get a least 1 posative post.

*Shadow walks off slowly, looking extremely sorry for himself, and his strange idea*

Shadow, the thing is here, all things are open and shared, so locking it would be pointless. One mod maker wanted total control over his/thier mod almost to the point of getting it trademarked. This game and site is about lerning and helping each other. So locking a mod would not be helpful. All the mods that I have played, have been a lot of fun. I have learned to mod a few things myself by looking at other mods to se how they did it. As long as you ask permission and give credit to creators of a ship/gun/mod or what ever, you can add on and use to your hearts content.