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World of Warcraft User Interface Add-On Development
Policy
With the continuing popularity of World of Warcraft user
interface add-ons (referred to hereafter as "add-ons") created
by the community of players, Blizzard Entertainment has
formalized design and distribution guidelines for add-ons.
These guidelines have been put in place to ensure the integrity
of World of Warcraft and to help promote an enjoyable gaming
environment for all of our players - failure to abide by them
may result in measures up to and including taking formal legal
action.
1) Add-ons must be free of charge.
All add-ons must be distributed free of charge. Developers may
not create "premium" versions of add-ons with additional
for-pay features, charge money to download an add-on, charge
for services related to the add-on, or otherwise require some
form of monetary compensation to download or access an
add-on.
2) Add-on code must be completely visible.
The programming code of an add-on must in no way be hidden or
obfuscated, and must be freely accessible to and viewable by
the general public.
3) Add-ons must not negatively impact World of Warcraft
realms or other players.
Add-ons will perform no function which, in Blizzard
Entertainment's sole discretion, negatively impacts the
performance of the World of Warcraft realms or otherwise
negatively affects the game for other players. For example,
this includes but is not limited to excessive use of the chat
system, unnecessary loading from the hard disk, and slow frame
rates.
4) Add-ons may not include advertisements.
Add-ons may not be used to advertise any goods or
services.
5) Add-ons may not solicit donations.
Add-ons may not include requests for donations. We recognize
the immense amount of effort and resources that go into
developing an add-on; however, such requests should be limited
to the add-on website or distribution site and should not
appear in the game.
6) Add-ons must not contain offensive or objectionable
material.
World of Warcraft has been given a "T" by the ESRB, and similar
ratings from other ratings boards around the world. Blizzard
Entertainment requires that add-ons not include any material
that would not be allowed under these ratings.
7) Add-ons must abide by World of Warcraft ToU and
EULA.
All add-ons must follow the World of Warcraft Terms of Use and
the World of Warcraft End User License Agreement.
8) Blizzard Entertainment has the right to disable add-on
functionality as it sees fit.
To maintain the integrity World of Warcraft and ensure the best
possible gaming experience for our players, Blizzard
Entertainment reserves the right to disable any add-on
functionality within World of Warcraft at its sole discretion.
For more information...
If you are an add-on developer and have any questions about and
this User Interface Add-On Development Policy and how it
pertains to the add-on that you've developed, please don't
hesitate to email us at WoWUI@blizzard.com.
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