Modding, copyright, and related issues.

To be honest, I also think that absorbing smaller projects is not the best way to develop modding.
Of course, in the full sense of the word, no one is "absorbing" anyone, but nevertheless, people almost never know where the material was taken from, especially when it comes to large projects that include many small ones.

I think it would be better for each side if, instead of adding one mod to another, work was done on the compatibility of modifications and links to compatible mods were provided. Everyone would benefit from this; large mods would thereby prove their optionality and flexibility, and small projects would attract attention.