So, i recreated this mod from scratch for 2.0 (minus the random recipe settings, and specifically space age incompatible because fuck that).
and i mainly just wanted to ask if i can publish it, since i did just steal your graphics, science pack names, and some chunks of your code.

Sure, go ahead!
Though someone already published a 2.0 fork: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SciencePackGaloreForked - you might want to check if yours is necessary.

damn i didn't see that. ok then my project is probably not necessary.
and since you mentioned not wanting to maintain it anymore, i feel like you can just update the description of the mod to say that and link to the fork

Sure, go ahead!
Though someone already published a 2.0 fork: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SciencePackGaloreForked - you might want to check if yours is necessary.

You can grant mod contribution rights to @nihilistzsche so the original name would be used.