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Idiotic. What Minecraft needs if you'd like it to be educational is an official server programmability API accessible from multiple languages. Right now kids ha

by melted 11y ago

Idiotic. What Minecraft needs if you'd like it to be educational is an official server programmability API accessible from multiple languages. Right now kids have to use hacks such as Craftbukkit and Spigot to write and deploy plugins, and Mcrosoft took down Craftbukkit through a cease and desist. There is such an enormous opportunity here to get tons of kids genuinely interested in programming, yet Microsoft is continuing to sabotage it.

dwild 11y ago
CraftBukkitwas never taken down by Microsoft, it was taken down by one of the developer that used the GPL license to take it down. You can see the DMCA notice there: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftBukkit.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftB...
- melted 11y ago
  Did not know. But the end result is the same: kids have to break the law to learn programming with Minecraft. And they do, in droves.
  - ryanlol 11y ago
    How exactly do they break the law?
    - melted 11y ago
      By downloading unlicensed modifications of proprietary software whose distribution is prohibited by DMCA as well. IANAL, but I'm pretty sure a lawyer would find half a dozen ways to make the parents liable.
      - ryanlol 11y ago
        Huh? Who would the parents be liable to? What would they be liable for? Mojang ABs customers aren't magically going to become liable for their violations by using their software.
  - robotresearcher 11y ago
    Most kids are not subject to US law.
dataminded 11y ago
This. Minecraft desperately needs an official API with robust client libraries. Let kids hack on single player and server.