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Re:Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyri... by danaris on Friday August 28, 2026 @09:43AM (#49478343)
That's...straight-up false. Unless you have some source for this, you're just lying here.

Yes, it's inspired by Minecraft. The screenshots are of voxel-based survival crafter games you can build with their platform. The textures are not Minecraft textures. They are similar in style, sure, but that's not remotely the same thing. You can't copyright a general visual style, nor can you copyright a game genre.

To call this anything but "baseless" would be hilarious.

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Re:Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyri... by stronglikedan on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:09AM (#49478745)
> Yes, it's inspired by Minecraft.

More likely that Minecraft was inspired by Luanti since Luanti was released first. (at least, formally released)

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Re:Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyri... by jamilton on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:49AM (#49479371)
Well no, Minecraft was already wildly popular while it was in beta. Luanti was explicitly inspired by Minecraft, as stated in the article it was named Minetest up until a few years ago.
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Re:Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyri... by danaris on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:57PM (#49481374)
Do you understand what the difference between "creation" and "release" is? And which one actually involves inspiration...?
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