# Mod Legal Framework

Task: `TODOS.phase-72.72.14.2.14`

V2 mod distribution uses an engineering legal framework gate before a submitted
mod can be published through first-party, Steam Workshop, or mod.io paths. The
gate verifies the EULA for modders, license terms, content ownership policy,
third-party attribution, counsel approval, and commercial-use grants.

This document is an engineering policy scaffold, not legal advice. Final EULA,
license terms, content ownership policy language, regional variations, and
publisher-specific obligations require counsel approval before distribution
gates are allowed to pass.

## Runtime Gate

`FV2ModLegalFrameworkPolicy` is created by `BuildDefaultModLegalFrameworkPolicy`
and requires:

- a modder EULA document
- current modder acceptance of required legal documents
- license terms
- content ownership policy
- ownership statements for submitted content
- third-party attribution when third-party content is declared
- counsel approval on legal documents
- an explicit commercial-use license grant for commercial mod distribution

`FV2ModLegalDocument` records document type, document id, version, title,
document path, effective/expiration timestamps, counsel approval state, and
whether author acceptance is required.

`FV2ModLegalAcceptance` records the author account, document id, accepted
version, acceptance timestamp, and acceptance state.

`FV2ModLegalSubmissionDisclosure` records the target mod id, author account,
declared license, ownership statement, third-party attribution, third-party
content flag, and commercial-use request/grant flags.

`EvaluateModLegalFramework` returns an `FV2ModLegalFrameworkReport`. The report
includes validity, distribution eligibility, document count, warning/blocking
counts, issues, and actions. Missing legal documents, missing EULA acceptance,
missing counsel approval, missing ownership disclosure, missing third-party
attribution, expired documents, and commercial distribution without an explicit
license grant block distribution.

## Distribution Policy

The legal framework is intended to run before review queue entry and again
before publication. A submission can only move forward when:

- required legal documents are present, versioned, path-addressable, and counsel
  approved
- the author has accepted the current required document versions
- the submitted mod declares license terms and ownership
- third-party content includes attribution
- commercial distribution requests have an explicit recorded grant

Review and publishing UI should surface `FV2ModLegalAction` entries directly so
authors and reviewers see the next required action instead of receiving a
generic rejection.

## Verification

Run:

```bash
python3 V2/ue/Tools/check-v2-mod-legal-framework.py
python3 -m json.tool V2/ue/Content/V2/Modding/ModLegalFramework_V2_Contract.json
```

The focused checker verifies runtime types, EULA for modders, license terms,
content ownership policy, third-party attribution, counsel approval,
commercial-use grant blocking, automation assertions, docs, CI/Horde wiring, and
TODO evidence for `72.14.2.14`.