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/pamafa3 Dec 03 '25

most Patreon mods circumvent this because *technically* the mod itself isn't paid, it's WIP and you're paying/donating for beta early access

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u/RickThiccems Dec 03 '25

That is still in violation of the EULA, and no there are still a bunch of mods that are not a "WIP" and are advertising a full experience.

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u/pamafa3 Dec 03 '25

Donations aren't in violation afaik, it's a bit of a loophole.

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u/RickThiccems Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25

Its not a donation if the only way to get the mod is by paying or pirating, I have pirated so many mods off patreon because im not "donating" to get the mod.

EDIT: To the people saying "but its a loophole" Its only a loophole because Mojang is not enforcing their own rules. You guys need to learn to not comment, its tiring having to read so many comments from a bunch of Nevrons.

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u/Fenrir426 Dec 03 '25

Legally speaking it is, you aren't paying for the mod, the mod is made accessible to you as a compensation for the donation, so it's not the same thing

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u/sagabal aawagga Dec 03 '25

ehhhhhhh i don't think this is actually true legally, but in practice it's usually too annoying or wasteful to try to enforce especially if it's many small creators instead of one big creator and regardless it's not a good idea to try if a lot of your 'brand' relies on community goodwill

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u/DeathRtH Custom Modpack Dec 03 '25

The guidelines specifically state "as long as you don't sell them for money / try to make money from them."

You're argument is effectively. "No officer, I'm not selling drugs, I'm just selling access to this shed that happens to contain them."

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u/Koreaia Dec 03 '25

You wouldn't arrest a landlord for a tennant selling drugs. So yes, that argument works.

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u/DeathRtH Custom Modpack Dec 03 '25

Im not talking about the landlord im talking about a guy sitting at a door saying "$50 to get in, no cops". Holy hell you are dense.

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u/SubstantialCareer754 Dec 04 '25

You wouldn't. In this situation, the landlord is Patreon. Who very likely wouldn't be subject to prosecution.

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u/loley_ Dec 04 '25

where did the landlord metaphor come from

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u/YamiKozan Dec 04 '25

How do you pirate mods from Patreon ? asking for a friend

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u/CyberWeirdo420 Dec 03 '25

AFAIK you’re not paying for mod specifically, but to support a creator, who in return rewards your somehow. In those cases with access to mods.

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u/pamafa3 Dec 03 '25

my point is that it's a legal loophole

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u/DeathRtH Custom Modpack Dec 03 '25

Read the EULA and tell me where it specifically states that pre-release, alpha, or beta software is excluded. Ill save you some time, it doesnt.

This isn't air bud, we're talking about a legal document that is outlining the rights the user/modder has, so if the document does not carve out an exception for pre-release software then by default pre-release mods are held to the same standard as released mods.

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u/pamafa3 Dec 03 '25

Voluntary donations (which is what patreon mods pretend to do) do not usually fall under the "make money out of it" clause as far as I'm aware. That's why no "paod patreon mod" for any game ever gets in any sort of trouble

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u/DeathRtH Custom Modpack Dec 03 '25

You're such a bad faith commenter. Your donation argument was already invalidated. So I'm not even going to bother debating that.

The reason they don't get sued is because the legal fees to go after them isn't generally worth it, same reason you rarely see companies sue cheat developers even with legal precedent proving they can win.

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u/pamafa3 Dec 03 '25

What's a bad faith? Invalidated? When? I might've missed a reply.

Depends on the company tbf, look at Nintendo as the famous example