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Captures live config state of nullstone Purpur 1.21.11 server: - docker-compose.yml (itzg/minecraft-server image, MODRINTH_PROJECTS + PLUGINS lists) - All plugin configs under live-server/plugins/ (no DBs, no jars, no world data) - Server core: bukkit.yml, spigot.yml, purpur.yml, paper-global.yml, paper-world-defaults.yml, server.properties Excluded via .gitignore: - World data (world/, world_nether/, world_the_end/, auth_limbo/) - Sensitive: AuthMe DB (password hashes), Lands DB, CoreProtect DB, Essentials userdata - Jars (auto-fetched), logs, caches, .paper-remapped
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# Mission
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> *all software should be free and open-source* — racked.ru
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Human-centric, fully open source, free for everyone. Microsoft-free, privacy-first, no telemetry, no mandatory accounts.
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Tagline: *experience the game the way it should have always been*.
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## What that means in practice
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- **No paywalls.** No premium plugins, no donor perks that change gameplay, no pay-to-win.
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- **No closed-source plugins.** If a plugin can't be replaced by a FOSS equivalent, it doesn't ship.
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- **No telemetry, no analytics, no data harvesting.** Players are not the product.
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- **Credit where it's due.** Free to use ≠ free to plagiarize. Every plugin author, every dependency, every config we adapt: attributed by name and link. Attribution is not a tax on freedom — it's the bare minimum of respect.
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- **Everything reproducible.** Anyone can clone this repo, follow the deploy doc, and stand up an identical server.
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- **Companion launcher is FOSS too.** `server-client-launcher` ships alongside this repo — one-click connect, no manual modpack juggling, no proprietary client mods.
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- **Configs are public.** Every gameplay knob, every plugin setting is in `config/`, diffable, forkable, criticizable.
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- **Migration history is public.** Why we left Lands. Why we replaced LitePlaytimeRewards. Why we don't run CosmicGuard. All in `docs/migrations/`.
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## Acknowledged exceptions
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Honesty matters more than purity-signaling. There is currently **one** plugin that is not OSI-FOSS but is kept for operational reasons:
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- **CoreProtect-CE** — source-available (`all rights reserved`), not MIT/GPL. Kept because: (a) per-player rollback reliability is mission-critical for player protection, (b) Prism (the MIT alternative) has documented edge-case bugs in sign/container/entity restoration, (c) source is still readable + auditable. Revisit when Prism reaches feature parity at scale.
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This is the one. Adding more "operational exceptions" would defeat the mission. New plugins must be FOSS unless they replace a FOSS plugin that's worse on a *gameplay* axis (per policy below).
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## Plugin policy
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| Tier | Action |
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|------|--------|
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| FOSS, GH source, active maintainer | **First choice** — adopt freely |
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| FOSS but unmaintained / archived | Use cautiously, prefer fork |
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| Proprietary but free | Avoid — find FOSS replacement |
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| Proprietary paid | **Never ship** — replace even if already paid for |
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| Custom dev agreement | Only if FOSS replacement genuinely doesn't exist; document fully |
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**Precedent:** Lands plugin was paid for, deployed, working — and still removed in favor of LandClaimPlugin (FOSS) because owning a license isn't the same as owning the code. Open source wins even after sunk cost. See [`docs/migrations/lands-to-landclaim.md`](docs/migrations/lands-to-landclaim.md).
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## Companion projects
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**`server-client-launcher`** — separate repo. Players install once, get:
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- Pre-configured `mc.racked.ru` entry (no IP-typing)
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- Performance-optimized client
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- Automatic mod/resource-pack delivery
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- Voice chat, realistic sounds, immersive mods (planned)
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- No Microsoft account, no Mojang account — pick a username, play
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**`client`** — separate repo. The optimized client itself.
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All three (server / client / launcher) are open source and forkable. Run your own copy — branding, scope, plugin set, all yours.
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Site: https://racked.ru
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## On freedom and credit
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Open source isn't anti-author. The whole point is that code belongs to everyone — author included. We will:
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- Attribute every plugin, mod, config snippet, and design decision to its source.
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- Link upstream repos prominently, never hide them.
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- Surface dev names in `docs/plugins/<name>.md` AND in the README plugin index.
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- Keep `THANKS.md` (or equivalent) listing humans whose work this server runs on.
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- If we fork or modify a plugin, retain the original LICENSE + attribution headers, mark our changes clearly, and link back to upstream.
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You can fork this repo, run your own copy, sell hosting on top of it (where licenses allow), strip the branding — that's freedom. What you can't do without acknowledging the work is take credit for someone else's code. The two principles aren't in tension; they're the same principle.
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## Why this matters
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Minecraft's plugin ecosystem has drifted toward paid resource sites and closed-source anti-cheats. That's a tax on everyone who wants to host a community server. This project is a counter-statement: a complete, audit-able, free-to-run server stack that nobody owes anyone money to operate.
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Fork it. Run it. Share it. Improve it. Own your server.
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## Contributing
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- PRs welcome on configs, plugin selections, docs, scripts.
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- Plugin additions must declare license + acquisition source per [docs/PLUGINS.md schema](docs/PLUGINS.md).
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- Proprietary additions will be rejected unless they replace a FOSS plugin that's worse on a *gameplay* axis (not a paywalled-feature axis).
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- Telemetry, analytics, or call-home code in any form: rejected.
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