Thank you.
Welcome.
Saw similar stuff minus the pay angle with modifications to Homeworld 2, IL2 Sturmovik 1946, and a host of other games.
You get talented editor types vying for community attention, they rip off things from other modders, and it ends in pain, wailing, and people getting banned from the community.
Relic (the guys who made Homeworld 2) had an entire forum section dedicated to “the graveyard”.
It was interesting to read.
This, with the pay angle, will be fascinating to watch when someone rips off another persons material.