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Try it.",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"5458463","trbs","A Minecraft MMO? Would Mojang allow you to do that? Would Redstone still be categorized within the scope of a mod at that point? 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Great work guys!",[96,103],{"value":97,"source":49,"evidence":98},"No source code released yet",[99],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"5458401","throwaway54-762","Cool, a distributed minecraft server. But where's the source, or something more technically meaty? \"I made a distributed X and here's some screenshots\" isn't that interesting…",{"value":104,"source":49,"evidence":105},"Possible conflict with Mojang's brand policy for an MMO",[106,110],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"5458399","pizzeys","Do you have any sort of permission or support from Mojang? 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