If you really wanted addon authors to view you as a legitimate operation, you'd respect their wishes I hope we are able to have this discussion. I won't go into any details of that as I don't want to cross Cairenn's wishes, but the information can be found on our site. We are working to not only Financially motivate ourselves, but to transfer that financial profits to the addon authors who worked so hard to create those addons. Whether SolidICE, Curse, Or WoWInterface provides the best service, experience, or tools for the authors is something the authors ultimately will decide, but I don't think that because Site A does not currently provide all of the tools Site B provides, that it makes Site A illigetimate, or that they offer nothing to a prospective user base. I am sure the Devs for these two sites are not working for free and eating Ramen for dinner every night, at least I would hope not. And i will not argue that there of-course is financial motivation, but is that not at least one of the motivations behind Curse and WoWInterface. With the first portion of your quote Phanx, you mention how these sites are looking to make a quick buck. I'm confused why you would use a non restrictive license if you did not agree with its conditions. SolidICE is adhering to all licenses at this point, and has been for some time, as stated by Torhal, if a author does not agree with the restrictions that a license provides, they can use a more restrictive license such as All Rights Reserved. I am not sure how WoWMatrix operates these days so I can't comment on their practices, but could you please elaborate on what makes SITE A legit and SolidICE not legit? It's greedy operators who see an easy way to make a quick buck from ad impressions by convincing clueless users they're a better source for addons than legitimate sites. The only reason these people keep running/launching these sites is to make money for themselves. While it may have been true that WowMatrix was a better addon installer/updater than the Curse Client 5 years ago, I just don't think that's true anymore - the Curse Client is certainly not a thing of beauty, but it does what it says on the tin, and is so simple to install and use a toddler could do it - and WM/SI users are certainly at a disadvantage when it comes to selection. The root cause for addon leech sites like WowMatrix and SolidIce isn't user demand - it's greedy operators who see an easy way to make a quick buck from ad impressions by convincing clueless users they're a better source for addons than legitimate sites. However, I feel that's a bit different, because the things I torrent aren't free to begin with, and in some cases, are simply not (legally) available at all (for example, old TV shows that never get released to DVD/whatever because the rightsholder doesn't think it would be profitable enough).īy contrast, WoW addons are completely free, so it's not like you "need" to pirate them because you can't afford all the addons you want. I, too, download cars from torrent sites. I have a different standard and still casually download cars from torrent sites
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