Availability of Planetary Annihilation planet generation

Will it be possible for a small indie corporation to somehow buy/rent or otherwise gain the rights to develop another game based around the planetary generation set up for PA?

Perhaps it could even be a 'simple' total overhaul mod if the modding capability is good enough for that, any more info coming up on that soon?

I ask this because I know a few people (including me) who are interested in working together creating a spore-like game with a more scientific and strategic basis, a bit more like how it used to be presented. Since the PA engine seems to contain a lot better support than the spore generation (which is not available for anyone but maxis anyway) it would seem a very nice place to start.

Thanks for reading,
CD

I already wondered when this would come up. I think just working this out as a mod would be the way to go anyway.

I'd prefer that, but I would like to know what Uber's policy is on this. If they allow it I'd love to do it, but otherwise it'll take a lot longer, might not even be able to do it if we can't even buy the engine.