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Re:Microsoft open sources parts of Minecraft: Java Edition by Qub3d on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:33AM (#18168351)
My guess is Notch, like many developers, was put off by the "viral" licensing [0] of the GPL.

[0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_license

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Re:Microsoft open sources parts of Minecraft: Java Edition by koffiezet on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:38AM (#18192964)
One of the things GPL does is take away many of the developer's rights. It's a protection for code, not for it's creators - and the latter is what most licenses try to protect.
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