I've been trying to reword this all day, apologies if this seems blunt at points.
This proposal (important word, proposal. It's not set in stone yet) isn't to give any Tom, Jane or Harry carte blanche to take another creator's mod, slap their own name on it and go about their day. Instead it allows projects where it's abundantly clear the creator has moved on to be continued to carry on. Again, to point out, if someone has said they don't want someone else to pick up the baton if they drop away for whatever reason that'll be respected regardless of if it's said on here, on another forum, in sky writing or messages in a bottle etc.
There have been some great mod ideas that either don't get finalised or were started in, say, TEW2007 and not carried over leading to scarcity of mods over time. This proposal just means that if there is a mod from wayback when that someone wants to pick up and run with then there is scope for that to be done. In cases like yours Lucas, the door shuts right away because you've all taken the step of going "These won't count under this proposal, please contact us if you're interested in collaborating".
You can believe it or not, we're trying to find a solution that allows the spirit of mod making to carry on whilst also being fair to people who choose to play TEW.