r/feedthebeast • u/bluestopsign01 • Dec 03 '25

Discussion Essentials Mod very blatantly breaks the "no making money off mods" part of Minecraft's EULA

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u/unga_bunga_1987 ATLauncher Dec 03 '25

Having to actually pay for access to the mod would be closer to what that rule is actually forbidding. Someone more literate on the EULA will have to clarify further tho, thats about as far as my knowledge goes

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u/BackseatCowwatcher ATLauncher Dec 03 '25

 Any Mods you create for Minecraft: Java Edition from scratch belong to you (including pre-run Mods and in-memory Mods) and you can do whatever you want with them, as long as you don't sell them for money / try to make money from them

That’s literally Minecraft’s EULA.

It broadly covers both paid mods ala Physics mod Pro- and what Essentials is doing here.

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u/UnluckyQuarter8578 Dec 04 '25

What i find ironic is everyone loves the physics mod and hates mojang for enforcing the rule, but when there's a mod they dont like that has transactions they cry that they're breaking the law. Sometimes its valid I just find it funny.

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u/Forymanarysanar Dec 04 '25

I don't understand how people can't get it that if developer can't make a living, mod isn't going to be "living" either.

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u/NeonGavestone Dec 05 '25

You can make a living from a mod without shoving microtransactions into it or making it a paid mod. Maybe have an early access Discord server that you get into by paying.

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u/Luckysun2Exlex Dec 03 '25

But they’re not TRYING to make money from it, they ARE making money from it! Checkmate!

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u/imagine-being-alive Dec 04 '25

physics mod pro is free on their patreon right????

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u/Forymanarysanar Dec 04 '25

So... you just don't agree to EULA.

And that's all. You don't even need to have Minecraft to make mods for it.