Questions regarding legality of the "game" Stalcraft

[Velken Iakov]

On Steam there currently is a really popular Demo for a game called 'Stalcraft'
But looking at the files it is literally a modified minecraft client, running a bunch of mods (you can find stuff like 'codechicken', 'cpw', 'optfine', 'carpenterblock' and others
Is this game even legal?

Edited June 17, 2022 by Velken Iakov
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[LexManos]

I thought you were joking at first. However a quick look it is indeed a modified Minecraft client with heavy obfusication and a custom JVM to load said obfuscated classes.

No this is not legal. But its not on our to take it down Forge is open and even tho it's shitty they can do this with Forge. They are infringing on Mojang's (and others) rights so it'd be on them to go after it.

[dadum12]

On 17.06.2022 at 16:07, Velken Iakov said:

On Steam there currently is a really popular Demo for a game called 'Stalcraft'
But looking at the files it is literally a modified minecraft client, running a bunch of mods (you can find stuff like 'codechicken', 'cpw', 'optfine', 'carpenterblock' and others
Is this game even legal?

In principle, this is legal and not. If mahjong doesn't sue them, they don't care. And so this is a modification to minecraft, so in principle it can be sold