Popular GTA modding tool OpenIV is once again available for download. It appears Take-Two was given enough reassurances that it won’t pursue legal action.

The software was removed from download last month after Take-Two sent a legal letter demanding it be shut down. At the time Take-Two said publicly that the move was because the tool allowed “malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody.”

While OpenIV never stopped working, the developers initially stopped issuing updates. However, a week later they put out a small update with a bug fix, indicating they would at least continue supporting the tool.

The return of downloads suggests some sort of arrangement has been reached. Rockstar recently explained that:

Rockstar Games believes in reasonable fan creativity, and, in particular, wants creators to showcase their passion for our games. After discussions with Take-Two, Take-Two has agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar’s PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties.

It’s not yet clear if and when OpenIV will be updated so that it can’t be used to interfere with online play. Assuming that’s what will happen, it seems like this is the best outcome all round, given the modding community has likely led to many players sticking with the game much longer and possibly even buying it on PC despite already having it on a console.