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This clause establishes that user-created original Mods remain the user's intellectual property, not Minecraft's.
Interpretive note: The excerpt also states users 'can do whatever you want with them,' which is an independent permission not captured in the canonical claim. Recorded in omitted_material.
Users retain ownership of original Mods they create from scratch for Minecraft: Java Edition, including pre-run and in-memory Mods.
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"Any Mods you create for Minecraft: Java Edition from scratch belong to you (including pre-run Mods and in-memory Mods) and you can do whatever you want with them...Excerpt from Minecraft's End User License Agreement
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This clause establishes that user-created original Mods remain the user's intellectual property, not Minecraft's.
Users retain ownership of original Mods they create from scratch for Minecraft: Java Edition, including pre-run and in-memory Mods.
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