Editing Modding (section)

=== Game software ===
{{main|Video game modding}}

On the other side, some companies actively encourage modding of their products. In cases such as [[TiVo]] and [[Google]], there has been an informal agreement between the modders and the company in which the modders agree not to do anything that destroys the company's business model and the company agrees to support the modding community by providing technical specifications and information. Some commercial [[video game]]s thrive through a [[mod (computer gaming)|modding]] community. In the case of ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos|Warcraft III]]'', mods called ''[[Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]'' and ''[[Defense of the Ancients]] (DotA)'' respectively'','' drove sales of the original software for years.