Add-on rules

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Repository Submission Guidelines - Please Read Before Submitting Your Addon


Because maintaining such a large repository is a large task, we have set some guidelines for inclusion. Please ensure that these guidelines are met before submitting request to be added. In order to be considered for the official repository, the following guidelines must be met:


  • All add-ons must be developed as described on the Add-on development page.


  • You must include a license file (named LICENSE.txt). We recommend the CC-BY-SA 3.0 for skins and the GPL v2+ for others, but most copyleft licenses will suffice.


  • All files must be free and legal to distribute.


  • The add-on must not violate any known copyright laws - if in doubt, let us know and we'll look into it for you.


  • All source files must be included. No pre-compiled files or skins will be allowed.


  • You acknowledge that you are the maintainer of your addon, but the XBMC team reserves the right to update or remove it at any time as we deem necessary.


  • If a new stable XBMC is going to be released no new submissions are accepted to the repository for the previous version. This will start from when the first release candidate (RC) of the new version is released. Only fixes and updates will be accepted and processed for the previous version (e.g. if the current stable is 12.0 no updates are allowed for 10.1 any more).


  • Add-ons that contain advertising will not be allowed