I am extremely extremely sorry for not responding sooner, but I didn't really have a good answer for you. I really didn't want to change the policy, although I was also hoping a better alternative would pop up. But that never really materialized. And a lot of irl things came up and things got away from me. Which I know isn't a good excuse, but it's what happened.
Which is all to say that I'm willing to give you permission to release an already modded version of the game. I know that's probably too little to late at this point, but I didn't want to leave things unresolved. And I really didn't want you to feel like you wasted so much of your time. I know how disheartening it is to have your efforts wasted.
And again I'm so sorry for taking so long to give you a response. I was worried about scenarios that I probably shouldn't have been worrying about and hoping for solutions that probably won't come. So I hope this brings at least some positivity to you.