The first expansion came out in 2007. It's coming up on eleven years.
We're talking about a decade.
So even if you take the announcement as an implication they're actually going to do it (I personally don't think it's going to happen, we will not see a 1.x.x release go live again without dramatic changes), six years ago it would still be illegal under this framework to fix a game you bought because at some indeterminate point in the future the manufacturer could appear again.
> So even if you take the announcement as an implication they're actually going to do it
I have the files on my computer as I write this, they're downloadable unencrypted off their CDN (use this tool I wrote if you want them, with the remote `ribbit://us.version.battle.net/wow_classic`: https://github.com/HearthSim/keg). The demo will be playable at BlizzCon, if you're going there (come say hi if you are!).
There will be a playable demo of WoW Classic at Blizzcon this week (Nov3-4). Virtual ticket holders can play the demo at home. The play-at-home demo has the same playtime restrictions as the Blizzcon demo (e.g. 15 minutes per play session).
We're talking about a decade.
So even if you take the announcement as an implication they're actually going to do it (I personally don't think it's going to happen, we will not see a 1.x.x release go live again without dramatic changes), six years ago it would still be illegal under this framework to fix a game you bought because at some indeterminate point in the future the manufacturer could appear again.
Hell, even the _announcement_ was a year ago.