Ok, so here's a slightly alternative idea to this. Talking about indirect profits might not be such a strong argument, and - much as Europa Barbarorum is a work of art, the team responsible for it has expanded and spent many, many man-hours putting together its sequel, Europa Barbarorum 2 (which many of us are looking forward to, I believe..)

Perhaps what might be of more use would be a letter requesting some form of limited coding release of aspects of the M2:TW engine. The people to ask, of course, would be the team themselves, as to what aspects of the coding would be most useful to them (perhaps with some input from the community). CA woyuld then release limited coding to members in the team who could then alter the coding. Or, they request certain alterations in the specific codes. This is where it gets tricky. They then give that altered coding back to CA and recognise their rights to it. In order to download EB2 one would need this altered coding, which they could sell (for a reasonable fee) as a download. Thus, they see a direct profit.

There would be, of course, questions about the status of the mod (it wouldn't, in effect, any longer be free). It rather depends upon how much the EB community are willing to fork out, and whether the modding team are willing to give up the independence of their work... just a thought.