4 ms·

If I was already rich (Like Mojang was), I actually wouldn't. YMMV.

by snvzz 4y ago

CobrastanJorji 4y ago
Counterplan: accept the $2.5 billion. Spend $10 million to fund the development of an equivalent or better open source voxel game engine. Everyone wins.
- leansensei 4y ago
  His agreement probably prohibits that.
  - CobrastanJorji 4y ago
    Fund it in secret. Name it "Minetest."
Gigachad 4y ago
Notch ended up set for life and distributed out huge sums of cash to all of the employees after the sale who were not rich. At the end of the day its a video game, not firmware for someones heart implant. If it matters to anyone, they can just write their own video game.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- snvzz 4y ago
  Yes, that's one way to see it. But Minecraft is likely to be what Notch will be remembered for, yet he doesn't even own the rights to his own work anymore. If that made him rich, it'd be one thing. But as he was already rich... was it really worth it? It might be something that torments him for the rest of his life. This has some parallels to Palmer Luckey's Oculus sale to Facebook. We already know he regrets doing that. Some promises were already broken; FB got him really good. It is unfortunate, but the field psychologists employed by Facebook got him to sell Oculus. Not unlike Faust and Mephistopheles.
- nullc 4y ago
  People did, that's minetest... and now microsoft has been using apparently bogus copyright complaints to get it taken down. So much for "can just write their own".
  - snvzz 4y ago
    >and now microsoft has been using apparently bogus copyright complaints to get it taken down. That'd be HN front page worthy. How come I haven't heard about this?
    - nullc 4y ago
      https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/13363#issuecomment-1485528633 https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/13363#issuecomme...
      - snvzz 4y ago
        >The company is AppDetex, they appear to author automated solutions for finding copyright infringement so it's probably a mistake on their part Yeah, the usual robot DMCA fare any random project may get.
        nullc 4y ago
        Yes and, the app is down none the less due to the false and defamatory statements made "under penalty of perjury" from an agent being paid by Microsoft.
        snvzz 4y ago
        That's what DMCA counter claims are for. They can sue if they think they have any grounds. (tip: they actually don't)

If I was already rich (Like Mojang was), I actually wouldn't. YMMV.

by snvzz 4y ago

If I was already rich (Like Mojang was), I actually wouldn't. YMMV.

Counterplan: accept the $2.5 billion. Spend $10 million to fund the development of an equivalent or better open source voxel game engine. Everyone wins.

leansensei 4y ago
His agreement probably prohibits that.
- CobrastanJorji 4y ago
  Fund it in secret. Name it "Minetest."

Gigachad 4y ago

Notch ended up set for life and distributed out huge sums of cash to all of the employees after the sale who were not rich. At the end of the day its a video game, not firmware for someones heart implant. If it matters to anyone, they can just write their own video game.

deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
snvzz 4y ago
Yes, that's one way to see it. But Minecraft is likely to be what Notch will be remembered for, yet he doesn't even own the rights to his own work anymore. If that made him rich, it'd be one thing. But as he was already rich... was it really worth it? It might be something that torments him for the rest of his life. This has some parallels to Palmer Luckey's Oculus sale to Facebook. We already know he regrets doing that. Some promises were already broken; FB got him really good. It is unfortunate, but the field psychologists employed by Facebook got him to sell Oculus. Not unlike Faust and Mephistopheles.
nullc 4y ago
People did, that's minetest... and now microsoft has been using apparently bogus copyright complaints to get it taken down. So much for "can just write their own".
- snvzz 4y ago
  >and now microsoft has been using apparently bogus copyright complaints to get it taken down. That'd be HN front page worthy. How come I haven't heard about this?
  - nullc 4y ago
    https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/13363#issuecomment-1485528633 https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/13363#issuecomme...
    - snvzz 4y ago
      >The company is AppDetex, they appear to author automated solutions for finding copyright infringement so it's probably a mistake on their part Yeah, the usual robot DMCA fare any random project may get.
      - nullc 4y ago
        Yes and, the app is down none the less due to the false and defamatory statements made "under penalty of perjury" from an agent being paid by Microsoft.
        snvzz 4y ago
        That's what DMCA counter claims are for. They can sue if they think they have any grounds. (tip: they actually don't)