For those of you who want to make false claims about the Bukkit project acquisition being public knowledge or put a baseless, negative spin on very reasonable complaints, you should show some respect for people who've made great contributions to the community and make your arguments elsewhere. This isn't drivel from a nobody, but a shared feeling among a fair amount of current and former cornerstone members of the community.



I don't know if Mojang's recent actions have been motivated by greed, but they do need to explain them. They claim that they wanted to keep a hands-off approach on Bukkit, but hijacking the project and villainizing EvilSeph so that they can play hero is anything but—and out of line.



Even worse, they went on for years letting people contribute to Bukkit, under the illusion that they were contributing to a completely independent project. Many people would be lost on why someone would have a problem with this, but given their background, Mojang's developers should have a pretty good understanding of the open source spirit. For someone doing what would otherwise be well-paid work for free, their cause is their only reward.



In addition to a "Thank you," Mojang owes a public apology.

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