Do you mean source available or actually open source?
Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition
chunes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why not go open source? What are they so afraid of, given anyone can now see the source code by using a simple tool?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
chunes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean releasing it under a license like GPL.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Because then anyone could fork it and redistribute the game which I presume they don’t want.
It would be sweet for us if they did, but I can see why they don’t want to do that.
chunes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not really. They could distribute source ports of the game, but you’d still have to buy the game in order to make use of them.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Things like Minetest exist.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’d love to see that but realistically I don’t ever see it happening.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ytg@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Open source includes unlimited distribution. The game is still paid and they want to reserve distribution rights.
derpgon@programming.dev 1 year ago
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.
XM34@feddit.org 1 year ago
Open source and source available are not and cannot be used interchangeably. They mean two extremely different things!
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
The comment said why not go open source, not why not go source available though.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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.
opensource.org/osd
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.