There is a 2020 video with a Minecraft developer talking about this testing infrastructure: https://youtu.be/vXaWOJTCYNg
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#12Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead.
Moved on to Luanti[0].
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
This does sound like some faint semblance of official support for java modders? Which is shocking tbh. I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...
>I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued... If that happened I have a feeling Minecraft would fork with an open source rewrite taking over on the java side.
More likely most will just stick to their binaries for the latest version. Most MC players I know want to play the game not hack it.
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#14Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead. Moved on to Luanti[0]. 0. https://www.luanti.org/
Was it supposed to be?
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#15Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead. Moved on to Luanti[0]. 0. https://www.luanti.org/
Was it supposed to be?
https://web.archive.org/web/20100301103851/http://www.minecr...
> Once sales start dying and a minimum time has passed, I will release the game source code as some kind of open source.
The condition never happened, so not really. However, I don't see Mojang ever doing that under Microsoft; unless it were to sunset Minecraft Java, and just maybe.
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#16Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead. Moved on to Luanti[0]. 0. https://www.luanti.org/
Oh wow, did not realize Minetest rebranded. I guess to avoid legal troubles?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
This does sound like some faint semblance of official support for java modders? Which is shocking tbh. I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...
>I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued... If that happened I have a feeling Minecraft would fork with an open source rewrite taking over on the java side.
And mod developers would heave a sigh of relief. The version treadmill is the hardest part of maintaining a mod; everything bitrots.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
This does sound like some faint semblance of official support for java modders? Which is shocking tbh. I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...
>I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued... If that happened I have a feeling Minecraft would fork with an open source rewrite taking over on the java side.
I mean, Bedrock/Java are already pretty thoroughly forked?
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#19What are all this testing features for?
Quick and easy see-all-at-one-glance test world to see if a new feature breaks any import game mechanics.
Will also come in handy for Java modders.
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#20Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead. Moved on to Luanti[0]. 0. https://www.luanti.org/
Oh wow, did not realize Minetest rebranded. I guess to avoid legal troubles?
They rebranded because it brings bad connotations of being "just a Minecraft clone"
https://blog.luanti.org/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/