#Wowmatrix trojan license

We do not run scheduled updates nor do we hostįinally, when I requested that they remove access to my addons, citing the first three concerns above as well as the 'no redistribution' clause in the license that ships with my addons, they didn't even bother to respond to me to let me know that they'd complied. The WowMatrix application downloads directly fromįor instance, Ace addons such as the ones you've

Prior to requesting that they remove access to my addons from their service, I inquired as to how their service works, and recieved the following: If you're downloading an addon that's hosted on WoWInterface, through WoWMatrix, the file is sent to your computer from WoWInterface's servers. WoWMatrix doesn't pay the storage bills or the bandwidth bills for the addons you download through its program. WoWMatrix makes money off of providing access to addons it doesn't host. No similar understanding is attached to WoWMatrix.Ĥ. While the erstwhile WoWAce suffered from this problem to a lesser degree, it was generally understood that everything on WoWAce should be considered beta. They'll just download an addon, deem it broken, and tell their friends that 'Addon X sucks, don't use it'. Users who find and download an addon through WoWMatrix will never see that warning. On a release site, an author can place a big, bold warning at the top of the description stating than an addon is under development, currently in beta status, is not yet complete, and/or may be unstable. WoWMatrix doesn't show the author's description of an addon anywhere. This means that users who download an addon through their program have no way to give feedback to the author, or report problems they may encounter.ģ. WoWMatrix doesn't show an addon's real download URL anywhere. They are making money off of providing access to an addon, and they can't even spare a few pixels of screen space to give its author nominal credit?Ģ. WoWMatrix doesn't show an addon author's name anywhere. Why? Here are some things to think about:ġ. However, as an addon author, the concept bothers me greatly, and I have actually requested that they stop making my addons available through their program. I personally know many people who use it, including my roommate.

#Wowmatrix trojan update

I'm sure many of you use the WoWMatrix program to update your addons.