SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT: "Backbone" / "Backbone Plugin"

Copyright (c) 2026 2asti1 (and contributors, where applicable). All rights reserved.

All copyrights, title, ownership, and intellectual property rights in and to the software known as "Backbone" (also referred to as "Backbone Plugin"), including but not limited to its binary executable (.jar file), documentation, configurations, assets, and associated components, remain exclusively with the original author.

 

1. SCOPE & FIXED TERMS FOR CURRENT VERSIONS:
The terms and conditions of this Agreement are fixed, permanent, and irrevocable with respect to all current versions, releases, and builds of the software made available for download by the author or authorized distribution channels.
Once downloaded under this Agreement, your license to use that specific downloaded version or any current release available through these channels cannot be retroactively revoked, altered, or placed behind a paywall, provided you continuously comply with the restrictions set forth herein. The author reserves the right to release future updates, versions, or source code under identical or different terms.

 

2. GRANT OF LICENSE:
Subject to continuous compliance with the terms and restrictions of this Agreement, the author grants you a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, and royalty-free license to download, install, and execute the provided .jar binary file solely for running and operating Minecraft servers or clients, whether for private, personal, or public deployment, free of charge.

 

3. SERVER TEMPLATES, HOSTING PROVIDERS & PRE-CONFIGURED PACKS:
Hosting providers, server administrators, and community curators are explicitly permitted to include the unmodified binary (.jar) and default/custom configuration files of this software within automated server templates, pre-configured server packages ("modpacks/server packs"), and one-click installer images, provided that:
(a) the software itself is provided completely free of charge and no separate, premium, or direct fee is billed for the plugin itself (general hosting, infrastructure, or administration fees charged by server hosters are fully permissible);
(b) copyright notices and original attribution remain intact;
(c) the plugin binary is not offered as an isolated stand-alone direct download claiming authorship or redistributing outside the scope of such templates.

 

4. SERVER MONETIZATION VS. PLUGIN MONETIZATION:
You are explicitly permitted to monetize any Minecraft server network or instance that executes this software (including, but not limited to, accepting donations, selling in-game perks, ranks, or cosmetic items, provided such activities comply with Mojang's Minecraft Commercial Usage Guidelines and EULA).
However, you may NOT monetize, paywall, sell access to, or directly charge fees for the "Backbone" plugin itself, its jar binary, its configuration files, or any access mechanisms intended solely for this software. The software must always remain entirely free of charge to download and utilize.

 

5. REVERSE ENGINEERING & DECOMPILATION:
Notwithstanding general anti-reverse-engineering provisions, you are explicitly permitted to decompile, disassemble, inspect, and analyze the compiled Java bytecode of this software exclusively for personal learning, educational research, interoperability testing, or bug diagnosis. This permission grants only the right of private inspection; it conveys no ownership, intellectual property rights, or licensing rights over any source code, algorithms, structures, or intellectual property extracted thereby.

 

6. RESTRICTIONS:
Except as expressly authorized under Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may NOT:
(a) sell, rent, lease, sub-license, monetize, or charge fees for the distribution of the software or any portion thereof;
(b) redistribute, mirror, re-upload, re-publish, host, or make available for stand-alone download the binary (.jar) or decompiled files on any public or private platform, repository, website, or forum without prior express written consent from the author;
(c) create, distribute, publish, or release derivative works, modified binaries, forks, patches, or source distributions based upon the decompiled bytecode or any proprietary logic of the software;
(d) remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notices, author attributions, links, or proprietary legends contained in or on the software;
(e) claim authorship, affiliation, endorsement, or ownership of the software.

 

7. FUTURE SOURCE CODE RELEASE & RESERVATIONS:
The author explicitly reserves the right to publish, maintain, alter, or re-license the source code of this software publicly (including on repositories such as GitHub) at a future date under identical or different licensing terms at their sole discretion. Nothing in this agreement compels the author to disclose, maintain, or update source code.

 

8. GOVERNING LAW:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

 

9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, BE SECURE, OR BE ENTIRELY FREE OF BUGS, ERRORS, OR VULNERABILITIES.

 

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (HAFTUNGSAUSSCHLUSS):
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, REVENUE, OR PROFITS; WORLD OR IN-GAME DATA CORRUPTION; SERVER CRASHES; SECURITY BREACHES; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE INSTALLATION, USE, PERFORMANCE, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
FOR USERS SUBJECT TO GERMAN LAW: LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY WILLFUL MISCONDUCT (VORSATZ) OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE (GROBE FAHRLÄSSIGKEIT), AS WELL AS INJURY TO LIFE, BODY, OR HEALTH, SHALL REMAIN UNAFFECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISIONS (§ 521 BGB / GERMAN CIVIL CODE FOR GRATUITOUS PROVISIONS).