Ah thanks anyways. I wondered if such things would be problematic or looked down upon. I've gone to great lengths to keep things clear though.
What exactly does he want people to stay away from? Packs with the game included? Most graphical sets do this already. Or is it having utilities packed with it?
Interesting to think about though. I could feasibly make a version which does not include the game itself in the future. I don't want to make Toady angry
You know, I don't know where he draws the line exactly, but I had once made a pack similar to yours as it had an installer and an uninstall for DF and he politely asked that bay12 be the only source of the program and that he did not want it on this list or me to have it at all if I would be so kind as to remove it entirely. Other than that I really dont know. Perhaps he has asked the others already to stop and they ignored him or maybe he see's them as necessary in some way but it is all speculation, all I know for certain is he said to me he wanted to be the only source of dwarf fortress files.
I would encourage you to ask him for permission though, maybe he just did not like mine because I didn't ask first and just did. I can see how it would be highly valuable for new players (as I thought mine might be)