Originally Posted by Irecinius
Lemme just do a recap of my addons
Cartographer3 (GPL)
BigWigs (CC-NonCommercial)
IceHud (none)
oRA2 (deprecated/none)
Now, acording to http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...02301679&sid=1
The arbirtrary body we are abbiding to:
addons must be free of charge.
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Yes, however, free and visible doesn't mean it has to follow an OSI compatible license.
Originally Posted by Irecinius
Now
The ones without licence have dependency on ACE2/3
Thus inerhereting the LGPL v2.1 + MIT for AceOO-2.0
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No it doesn't LGPL isn't viral like that.
Originally Posted by Irecinius
Since the no charge is in effect and all code is visible it can not charge any fee for the add on, any addon that use is based or mere link to ACE3 is GPL in itself or the author is in VIOLATION of GPL.. and then the addon is the violation.
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Ace3 isn't GPL'd at all. It's under a modified BSD that I reserve redistribution rights if not embedded in an addon or compilation.
Originally Posted by Irecinius
But why are we hung on Author/developer distribution..
When the sole problem is the LACK of WoWInterface and Curse to do a simple and very very simple thingy
Its called "RSS"
Everyone does nowadays.
The Curse website has the right to distribute by ANY MEANS..
So a very simple
Developer > uploads to curse/WOWINterface > RSS Creates > WoWMatrix Parses RSS > User Download..
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Not simple, you're forgetting the part where thousands of dollars are lost due to bandwidth charges.
Originally Posted by Irecinius
Simple? yes, are we all happy? yes we are (WE USERS, WE DEVELOPERS)
Do anyone visit the website using this method? Absolutely, I've aways went to "Visit Curse/WowInterface" link on wowmatrix, because DEVELOPERS Make ****ty TOC's!!! Description sux.
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You sir, are in the minority.
Originally Posted by Irecinius
Its not wowmatrix faults for the descriptions, so I went there too to see screenshots and such..
But why do the RIGHT Thing? lets do the one that fills our pocket with money from bystanders.
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Exactly why should you stop using a product that leeches bandwidth and hosts files without author consent.