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That's a mod.
You don't know what mods are?
ask any old-timer fanfiction writer about this. "fan work" as a whole--including mods--is a gigantic gray space in current copyright law and IP holders are almost certainly within their technical legal rights to prohibit any works like Revolution on a blanket basis. the current arrangement where most rightsholders look the other way and/or accept the existence of such fan works is a largely informal one, and there's nothing codifying it being that way. it could arbitrarily change (or just be fucked up by a court case) at pretty much any time--and, indeed, occasionally rightsholders still do try and enforce their IP quite aggressively.
Steam has a workshop specifically for people to release mods on to. I understand you might be somehow new to the concept of mods, even though they've been a thing for 30-40 years now, but that's what the Portal mod is - a mod.
It's even tagged as "mod" on the steam page.
It's not a recreation of the original game.
Wow there is no reason to be that rude with your "you might be somehow new..." comment, that was uncalled for.
How is that rude, have they given any indication they understand what a mod is? They're calling mods some ridiculous name from the forties. They might actually be new to pc modding.
That's not how we disagree with people on Beehaw communities. Try to be more assertive.