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I appreciate Minecraft as a game.

But,instead of donating/contributing to it(because it is closed source and is paid software), i would instead donate/contribute/play https://www.minetest.net which is opensource/free alternative to Minecraft ,and minetest has better modding capabilities too.



> because it is closed source and is paid software

Is this supposed to be a negative? Should I not play my favorite games because I have to buy them?


I think the post is more about not contributing more to a closed source system like this. Play the game all you want. They are suggesting supporting an open source project instead of well funded commercial software...


An open source project that's blatantly stealing an idea and a look. Interesting that it's considered ethical to steal someone's hard work as long as you're giving it away for free.


I would link to https://www.minetest.net. The certificate on that site doesn't include the bare domain without www.


Thanks! This looks like amazing project. I just installed Minetest and learning it. :)


https://pandorabox.io/

is good server if you want to begin with.


Use https://www.minetest.net/ because for some reason the SSL cert only covers the www subdomain.




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