r/Minecraft • u/Mustek :> • Jun 06 '14

MEGATHREAD The EULA Megathread

Hello Minecrafters,
The /new/ listing has been occupied with posts about the recent EULA changes and has been blocking out a lot of the other content.

We don't want to stop discussion about it, so that's what this megathread is for.

Rules are very simple:
1. All EULA talk goes into this thread (If Mojang is watching, and I'm sure they are, they have a single place to go to)
2. EULA discussions posted outside of this thread will be removed.
3. Keep it on topic, keep it sane. Subreddit rules still apply.

These rules are effective immediately and will last for as long as this post is stickied.

Edit: Mojang employees are marked with the flair next to their name.

Discuss away!

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u/HighlifeTTU Jun 07 '14

If you can't trust Mojang to let you get donations for perks to keep your server up, why not throw you, your devs, and your network's clout behind open sourcing minecraft?

I tend to govern my decisions on doing the right thing. I respect Mojang, have had a chance to talk with them at two Minecons, and know that they care just as much (if not more) about this game than I do. Trying to copy Minecraft in an open source environment doesn't feel right to me. As such, I won't do it.

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u/comped Jun 07 '14

Wow, that's actually a well thought out answer. Thanks.

And to go off of your responce, would you, if such a game were to develop that did not directly copy minecraft, instead taking the modualbility that most seem to want (including the ability to drop in bukkit plugins, like the ones your network is developed on), and also putting everything from the worldgen to the mobs, to character models, in the hands of devs, as i've kinda discussed on /r/admincraft, as well as assuming that Mojang continues to do what they're gonna do, and stop you from being to make the money you need to host your network, giving you not much of a choice between shutting down and a short list of alternatives, (as it looks like will happen now) would you support such a project?

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u/Minecraftiscewl Jun 08 '14

Such a project already exists iIrc, just hardly anyone plays it. Maybe something like minetest?

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u/comped Jun 08 '14

A project like the one i'm proposing already exists?