grondilu wrote:I don't think Minetest or any other Minecraft-like game is popular enough to really bother Microsoft, so they may prefer not bringing the spotlight on the concurrence, especially the FOSS one.
MirceaKitsune wrote:differentiating Minetest from Minecraft in every aspect that doesn't impede good features / quality art / a nice gameplay / etc.
spamyak wrote:Please make sure you guys at least offer the tools to allow a very Minecraft-like game using mods. I'm trying to migrate to this game right now and I'm a bit worried that I'll never see the Minecraft atmosphere again unless I go back to it.
rubenwardy wrote:That looks like a suprisingly relevant spam post.
Tril wrote:Oh, since it's my first post? I just found out about this project as I did a search for clones with source, as I decided to give up waiting on the promises made of eventual source code release upon hearing that Microsoft would be involved. I run a survival server and use Bukkit when it's updated, which it probably will never be, nor the mod API that has been in development for 2 years. I will learn about minetest in the next week and try to setup a server. I look forward to finding out what features are similar and different. Is it mature enough and stable, and similar enough that my friends will give it a shot? I would love to shut down my closed source, calling-home server eventually. Importing my old maps would be nice, but if all block types aren't at least visually supported that's not a deal breaker as long as there's enough depth... how's the electronic circuit support?
rubenwardy wrote:That looks like a suprisingly relevant spam post.
Tril wrote:Second setup a server to host the source code outside the US so the datacenter operator will be harder for the US to pressure.
Tril wrote:Importing my old maps would be nice
Tril wrote:how's the electronic circuit support?
prestidigitator wrote:My suspicion is that they will quickly disenfranchise Linux (and possibly Mac) MC users: either the game will be ported to .NET or "security" checks will be made for OS identity even while running on a portable VM. At that point a lot of Linux users—ones that don't go out of their way to find FOSS software already at least—may be headed in MT's direction.
Krock wrote:Just reading title:
No. This project is FOSS and therefore it would be hard to give it a new owner.
Also, not everybody knows Minetest (as contrast to minecraft), therefore I don't expet any harassment.
MirceaKitsune wrote:My only worry is that Microsoft could say something like "you have a blocky voxel world, you use x16 textures by default, you have dirt / stone / sand that spawns naturally, you have tools like the pickaxe / axe / shovel, so you're clearly copying us and that's a copyright infringement".
MirceaKitsune wrote:From this point of view, thank goodness Minecraft is Java. Java is so cross-platform by nature, it would probably be very hard for MS to make it Linux incompatible...
Neuromancer wrote:Now would be a great opportunity to post replies on all the news story conversation areas on how Minetest is the solution to the problem that Microsoft will be destroying Minecraft.
'Minecraft' Fans Freak Over Rumors Of 'Selling Out' To Microsoft
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/minecraft-microsoft-deal_n_5804316.html
The Minecraft community is ready for an open source revolution right now.
Baggypants wrote:Maybe Microsoft will open source Minecraft.
Baggypants wrote:Maybe Microsoft will open source Minecraft.
Baggypants wrote:Maybe Microsoft will open source Minecraft.
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