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I'm not 100% sure but I think it's someone who goes mad and doesn't shut up about foss when someone mentions proprietary software (like minecraft)
minecraft is closed-source? there are no open-source clones?
Minecraft Bedrock is written in and compiled from C++ and is completely closed-source.
The original Java version is technically also closed-source, but Java bytecode is relatively easy to decompile to a high level and Mojang (and surprisingly, even Microsoft*) tend to look the other way when people do that.
It seems like this was written for the Java version, but I'm not completely sure whether it's simply a protocol conversion, in which case, the protocols are already well known, and converting it to work with Bedrock might not be too difficult.
Yes, there are open-source alternatives, but nowhere near as many people play those as play Minecraft, which is probably why that was the target platform and not one of the others.
*For now.
To add to this, Minecraft ~~Java~~ Bedrock used to ship their code with all the debug symbols included, making modding easy. Although these were recently removed, much to the displeasure of the modding community. Everyone should throw a vote at this feedback issue to request them back, btw:
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360054740151-Re-add-debugging-symbols-to-the-releases-of-bedrock-edition
The issue you linked is only about debug symbols in Bedrock edition.
Haha, dang it. Seems I got confused, turns out that was just a bedrock thing. Could've noticed that if I'd looked more closely at my own link 🙄
Well, they also removed C418's music, which is part of what made Minecraft so iconic. So, fuck Microsoft and their bad decisions all around.
no they didn't? that's just a straight up lie.