I need to find out more about Minecraft and hosting a server sounds like a good idea
I’ve hosted both Minecraft and Luanti (free open source Minecraft). Either is a great idea!
That said, I found setting up a Luanti server slightly simpler (because no need for everyone to have a Microsoft account, and no Java dependencies to worry about):
https://docs.luanti.org/for-server-hosts/setup/
Luanti and Minecraft are two distinct, if similar-looking things.
Luanti is an open-source voxel game engine implementation which allows running a wide variety of different ‘games’ on it (including two which mimic Minecraft very closely, like the above-mentioned Mineclonia).
Minecraft is the closed-source game owned by Mojang.
The two don’t interact and servers for the one are completely unrelated to the other as well.
So, to answer the question - yes, they still need a Minecraft license if they want to play Minecraft. But this is disconnected from having a Luanti server, for which you don’t need any licenses but which will in turn also only allow you to play Luanti stuff, not Minecraft.
I’ve hosted both Minecraft and Luanti (free open source Minecraft). Either is a great idea!
That said, I found setting up a Luanti server slightly simpler (because no need for everyone to have a Microsoft account, and no Java dependencies to worry about): https://docs.luanti.org/for-server-hosts/setup/
Luanti has lots of options, but a good default choice is Mineclonia: https://content.luanti.org/packages/ryvnf/mineclonia/
@pinball_wizard With a Luanti server does every Minecraft player still need a Minecraft licence?
Luanti and Minecraft are two distinct, if similar-looking things.
Luanti is an open-source voxel game engine implementation which allows running a wide variety of different ‘games’ on it (including two which mimic Minecraft very closely, like the above-mentioned Mineclonia).
Minecraft is the closed-source game owned by Mojang.
The two don’t interact and servers for the one are completely unrelated to the other as well.
So, to answer the question - yes, they still need a Minecraft license if they want to play Minecraft. But this is disconnected from having a Luanti server, for which you don’t need any licenses but which will in turn also only allow you to play Luanti stuff, not Minecraft.
@hoppolito Oh cool. Ok. I have plenty to learn there