I read through your post and you bring up many valid points. However, I disagree with your suggestion of WoWInterface enforcing a non-ARR licensing.
A lot of effort goes into writing AddOns, and there is nothing gained in return, other than the acknowledgement that the author wrote said AddOn. I know from personal experience that this alone is enough for some people to maintain it; making it open source, for instance, while they still put all of the effort into it, might make them feel less respected.
I fear that if a particular type of licensing is enforced, then authors who disagree with it may simply go elsewhere to upload their AddOns.
Last edited by Haleth : 07-25-12 at 08:01 PM.
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