Tenebrais

Nothing saying you couldn't create a new, valuable resource whose purpose is to be returned to Kerbin for mad stacks of cash. Perhaps the elusive element, hemhemjamib. At least, I assume that's how moddable Karbonite will be. If I can add or edit resources just by editing some text files I will be one happy customer.

Are you actually asking for testers, or will you just put out a test build once ready and let all have at it?

I'm enthusiastic about this! I wish there was something I could do to contribute, but I don't really have the modding chops to help. Is your plan for the default mod to mimic Kethane in one resource being convertible into all fuels? And will Karbonite include any of the MKS resources, even if they're not useful with the mod alone? Those four make a good baseline for a resource system for pretty much anything; it'd be great to see them catch on as a standard. Will Karbonite include unique contracts? Mine resources from specific planetary bodies, possibly using the aforementioned MKS resources so you have to consider different landing spots? I look forward to combining MKS, Karbonite and EL into one awesome space base combo. RoverDude, you are probably my favourite modder at the moment. By my reckoning you've got a good handle on the balance between simplicity and complexity. I'm sure you can make this mod great.

My objection to ModStatistics is thus, and I think most of the opponents to it agree with me here. Majiir's stated reason for having opt-out by default is because, if he made it opt-in, fewer people would allow it, resulting in less data. Anyone who would not opt in given the prompt obviously does not want their data collected. It follows, then, that the opt-out system is collecting data from people who do not consent to it. No matter how simple or well-documented the opt-out process is, this fact shows that people either do not know about it or cannot implement it. If nobody's data is being collected without permission, then the opt-out system is not producing more data than opt-in, and there is no reason not to give a prompt and avoid all of this drama. Now, there are other objections, yes. Pseudonymised and plain-text data are legal and security liabilities respectively that deserve to be addressed. But both of those come after the issue of consent. I don't think Majiir has ill intentions. A bit stubborn, perhaps, but not outright trying to harm anyone. Still, in a sense, he is. I've heard the Majiir is intending to implement a dialog asking permission to send data, and once that happens this whole issue will blow over. Although Squad should still adopt an official position, because if a mod is allowed to be packaged inside another mod, quietly install itself, then collect data about your computer and report it to a server all with nothing more than a line on a mod page of warning then that sets a precedent for far less scrupulous purposes.