You cannot sell, share, or make money from any Minecraft software, content, updates, or derivatives without Mojang's specific permission.
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This clause covers a very broad range of content including mods, merchandise, audio-visual content, and future games, meaning even indirect monetization of Minecraft-related material could be a violation.
Removed the clarifying phrase about "the game" or "what we have made" including "the Services" and truncated the remainder of the sentence.
View full change record →Users who create YouTube videos, streams, merchandise, or tools related to Minecraft must rely on the separately published Minecraft Usage Guidelines for any permitted commercial activity, and those guidelines can be withdrawn at any time without notice.
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"However, you must not distribute anything we've made unless we specifically agree to it. By "distribute anything we've made" what we mean is: give copies of our game software or content to anyone else; make commercial use of anything we've made; try to make money from anything we've made; or let other people get access to anything we've made in a way that is unfair or unreasonable.Excerpt from Minecraft's End User License Agreement
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This clause covers a very broad range of content including mods, merchandise, audio-visual content, and future games, meaning even indirect monetization of Minecraft-related material could be a violation.
Users who create YouTube videos, streams, merchandise, or tools related to Minecraft must rely on the separately published Minecraft Usage Guidelines for any permitted commercial activity, and those guidelines can be withdrawn at any time without notice.
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