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hambil

03-07-2009 02:16 PM

Has the policy changed on call backs in mods?

I remember when Paul M. used them and there was quite a stink made over it. Are they allowed now? I asked because of this in the Live Topic thread:

Quote:

Things I am required to tell you i guess:
installs are tracked (upon install track.scriptasy.com is pinged, it just tracks installs not uninstalls or anything else. This can be removed in the product XML)

I'm not blasting Live Topic, in fact, I think callbacks are not a bad thing. I'm just asking for some policy clarification.

Lynne

03-07-2009 03:42 PM

They must state that their modification makes a call-back. That way the user knows and can decide if they want to install the mod or not.

hambil

03-07-2009 04:12 PM

Ah, good. I'm glad the policy has been updated/clarified. Nice work :)

Dismounted

03-08-2009 04:37 AM

And it must be very clear (i.e. in larger text/bolded/different colour) in the release post.

Marco van Herwaarden

03-09-2009 07:17 AM

The rule is not specific to call-backs. Any hidden feature is not allowed. The user must know what the modification will be doing before installing it. So any "feature" must be communicated to the users prior to installation.

Obfuscated or encoded features are never allowed.

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