#17 - Sept. 29, 2006, 10:54 p.m.
Q u o t e:
well someone i know got an Email from a GM
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so i guess it Isn't against the ToS.im sooo confused..could i PLEASE get a Blue response
Hello Cormag,
Changing the in-game models/art or changing the sound files is indeed against the Terms of Use. This can be found at the following location:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html 2. Limitations on Your Use of World of Warcraft. Your license to use World of Warcraft is limited by this Terms of Use and the World of Warcraft End User License Agreement which you were required to accept when you installed World of Warcraft. Limitations on your right to use World of Warcraft may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
B. Only Blizzard Entertainment or its licensees have the right to host World of Warcraft! Accordingly, you may not host, provide matchmaking services for, or intercept, emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Blizzard Entertainment as part of World of Warcraft, regardless of the method used to do so. Such prohibited methods may include, but are not limited to, protocol emulation, reverse engineering, modifying World of Warcraft, adding components to World of Warcraft, or using a utility program to host World of Warcraft.
C. You agree that you will not (i) modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of a World of Warcraft installation; (ii) create or use cheats, "mods", and/or hacks, or any other third-party software designed to modify the World of Warcraft experience; (iii) use any third-party software that intercepts, "mines", or otherwise collects information from or through World of Warcraft; or (iv) allows players who are playing characters aligned with the "Alliance" faction to chat or otherwise communicate directly with players who are playing characters aligned with the "Horde" faction, or vice versa. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may update World of Warcraft with authorized patches and updates distributed by Blizzard, and use authorized Third Party User Interfaces as set forth in Section 13(g), below.
I am sorry that the answer you received was inadequate with this matter. The Game Master appears to believe you were referring to Interface modifications rather than to the client itself. Changing or editing any of the World of Warcraft files themselves is not permitted.
I hope this answer clarifies it for you.
