Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition
ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 months agoOpen source includes unlimited distribution. The game is still paid and they want to reserve distribution rights.
Open-source and source-available are used interchangeably. Releasing the source does not mean the license will allow any form of redistribution or recompilation.
If you decompile the game yourself you can infinitely distribute the game as well. This is not an argument.
No don’t look it up, just assume that you know what it means without ever seeing a definition because your brain is just better than everyone else’s.
The Open Source Definition
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Introduction
Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria:
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Open source and source available are not and cannot be used interchangeably. They mean two extremely different things!
The comment said why not go open source, not why not go source available though.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
To add to this, it’s exclusively available on the Microsoft Store, which has gotten so bad lately that I refused the terms on their most recent update and haven’t had it installed on any machines since.
LorIps@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It isn’t? Minecraft :Java Edition (which is getting deobfuscated) is available on their website for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition has nothing to do with these news.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I could be mistaken but I’m solidly sure the website redirects you to buy it on the Microsoft Store, which is also how it will be installed and launched.
LorIps@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No it isn’t. On Windows there are two versions of Minecraft. “Minecraft: Bedrock Edition” available as a UWP using the Microsoft Store, written in C++ and supporting crossplay with the Minecraft releases for consoles and mobile phones and “Minecraft: Java Edition” available through minecraft.net, written in Java and supporting crossplay with the MacOS and Linux versions.