wowinsider.com - 4/15/2009
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Last month, Blizzard released a new add-on development policy . There were several contentious points in it; notably, authors can no longer charge money for add-ons, nor can they solicit donations in-game (asking for donations on web sites is still OK). In-game advertising is also not ...
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Blizzard to ban paid WoW addons from May 19
DV Hardware —
... WoW Insider reports developers of add-ons for World of Warcraft will no longer be allowed to charge money for these applications starting from May 19. The new policy also forces developers to make their add-ons open source and forbids various other things like in-game advertising and soliciting for donations in WoW. ...
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