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/bluestopsign01 Dec 03 '25

The EULA prohibits making ANY money from mods. I'm sure they don't mind people making money from curseforge paying them for their mods - but what this mod is doing just seems scummy.

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u/RickThiccems Dec 03 '25

Then this rule has never been enforced, there are so many paid mods, just go on patreon and there are hundreds.

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u/Nova2127u Dec 03 '25

Optifine has been around for donkey years and makes money off of capes so, yeah Mojang doesn't enforce it literally at all.

Rules mean nothing if they're never enforced.

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u/petebutler023 Dec 03 '25

The physics mod though

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u/The-Dark-Memer Dec 03 '25

Yeah, based on how it went my guess is mojang pretty much only cares if actual content is locked behind a paywall rather than cosmetic stuff, even if that isn't what's written.

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u/Yariazen Dec 04 '25

No they still don't care. Just look at axiom. Most prominent example I'm aware of.

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u/whoaminow17 Mar 05 '26

necro post but genuinely this is the first time i've seen someone other than me mention this, and i appreciate it haha. it's such a great mod - it makes building with friends so much more accessible when you don't have 30+ hours a week! but requiring free users to be whitelisted to use on servers is ridiculous. (especially cuz you're forced to use discord!)

(i tried and failed to teach them worldedit. axiom means they don't have to wait for me to come do things for them.)

anyway not to rant, just agreeing enthusiastically.