Comment on The Minecraft API Is Now On GithubparentComments−aprendoOP14yI think legal problems … I guess. Not sure. But it also seems like they want to do quite a few things differently, though I'm not sure whether that's good idea.−Pyrodogg14yIt's licensing issues, Bukkit is GPL. Mojang doesn't want to have to open up everything.https://github.com/Bukkit/Bukkit/blob/master/LICENCE.txt
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I think legal problems … I guess. Not sure. But it also seems like they want to do quite a few things differently, though I'm not sure whether that's good idea.
It's licensing issues, Bukkit is GPL. Mojang doesn't want to have to open up everything.
https://github.com/Bukkit/Bukkit/blob/master/LICENCE.txt