OpenIV er det mest populære mod-program i Grand Theft Auto-serien, samt Max Payne 3. Det er blevet brugt i noget der ligner et årti af tusindvis af passionerede udviklere til at skabe fantastiske mods, men i går lagde udviklerne bag programmet en besked ud på gtaforums.com, der fortæller at de har fået en officiel trussel fra Take-Twos advokater om at stoppe alt hvad de laver.
Take-Two påstår at OpenIV tillader tredjeparter muligeden for at besejre "security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights."
Skaberen pointerer at brevet de har modtaget både er teknisk og grammatisk forkert, og at de ville kunne bevise OpenIV som almen brug af Rockstars produkter. Dog afslører han at det kommer de ikke til at gøre.
"Going to court will take at least a few months of our time and huge amount of effort, and, at best, we'll get absolutely nothing. Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world cant compensate the loss of time.
"So, we decided to agree with their claims and we're stopping distribution of OpenIV. It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can't see any possibilities to continue this process, unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court."
Det er en trist dag for GTA's mod-publikum.