
Probably since the beginning of Minecraft, there has been a short poem in the game by Julian Gough, which
The fact is that Gough did not conclude anyagreements with companies to use his work. After nearly a decade of deliberating about whether or not to consult an equity lawyer, Gough decided to make the work permanently public domain through a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 license.
This is what he said in many messages onyour Twitter page. He also said that Microsoft decided not to comment on the situation, and he was afraid to go further because of the army of 1,700 lawyers that the company has at its disposal.
(For those who like a little proof withhere's the original contract I refused to sign when I wrote the ending in 2011 and refused to sign again when Microsoft bought Minecraft in 2016.) pic.twitter.com/u0zXUYu7tY
– Julian Gough (@juliangough) January 5, 2023