#technic pack

It only occurred to me today to actually have a look and see what was actually going on, because literally the only thing I knew about Technic using mods without the modder's permission was a drama incident a couple years back, when the developer for Forestry demanded that his modpack be removed, the Tekkit staff rudely denied his request, and he retaliated by making Tekkit's version of Forestry have exploding bees. (Which honestly I think is a brilliant way to send a message to someone who won't listen to you, but yeah, it was an unpleasant exchange).

Since then, it appears Technic's policy on modpacks has changed for the better. From Tekkit Lite onwards, their official modpacks (Tekkit, Hexxit, Big Dig, Voltz, Attack Of The B-Team and so on) have had full permissions from all the mod-makers involved. However, they do not take responsibility for unofficial, user-made modpacks (like Business Elite or Tekkify, for instance), stating that the responsibility is on the people who put those modpacks together to get permissions - This makes sense, as Tekkit doesn't even host those modpacks, they just provide a Platform URL so that users can download them on the Technic Launcher.

So in short, I goofed up, didn't do my research, and I apologise for any inconvenience I may have made in saying that Tekkit has shitty practices. They -did- have shitty practices, but it seems like they were quick to get things sorted out after the Forestry incident.