继8月13日暴雪公司针对中国《魔兽》对战平台发出正式公告后，近日，暴雪公司再次对包括GotWoW在内的知名《魔兽世界》私服程序制作团队发出警告。
暴雪称其正在逐步禁止有关WOW非授权模拟服务器端工具的开发。在其官方公告中，暴雪首先“感谢”了这些开发小组“对WOW的热情和投入”，但是暴雪重申，“开发模拟服务器助长了客户端的非法复制，并且为WOW正式发布后玩家连接非授权服务器提供了机会。”
暴雪方面称其非常重视知识产权的保护，坚决反对非法复制和使用WOW客户端。同时暴雪点名对“所有类似的开发团队，包括StormCraft，Vibe，和Khaos”发出严正警告：必须马上停止相关开发，并将代码返还暴雪。不过暴雪也表露出“怀柔”迹象，称“短期内，暴雪会特赦那些积极合作的团队”。
原文如下：
As many of you already know, Blizzard has taken steps recently to stop the development of unauthorized emulator servers for the World of Warcraft?? beta.
While we appreciate the devotion and enthusiasm the GotWoW? community has shown for World of Warcraft, the development of emulator servers directly contributes to the illegal copying of the beta game client and creates the opportunity for people to continue to play on unauthorized servers after the completion of the World of Warcraft beta test.
Some individuals may have helped develop emulator servers under the belief that Blizzard was not opposed to the existence of illegal copies of the World of Warcraft beta game client. However, this belief was incorrect. Blizzard places a high value on its intellectual property and does not condone illegal copies of the beta game client or software that facilitates or encourages the use of illegal copies of the beta game client.
Leaders from various emulator-server development teams, including StormCraft, Vibe, and Khaos, have turned over their code and stopped development of emulator servers. We are asking that those of you who are continuing to operate unauthorized emulator servers for the World of Warcraft beta take this opportunity to voluntarily stop these efforts and turn over your code to Blizzard as well. For a short period of time, Blizzard will grant amnesty to those who comply with this request. Please contact us at wowsc@blizzard.com for more information.
Thank you for your understanding and for helping us to ensure the integrity of the beta-testing process. We look forward to seeing you in game when World of Warcraft is released!
