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by clarry 4259 days ago
No, the proprietary code was a problem. Another problem was a license that gave a single developer the power to take the project down. If the code were permissively licensed, he could've not done that. Yes, it would still infringe on Mojang's rights, but that could've been addressed separately.
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Another problem was a license that gave a single developer the power to take the project down.

It gave a developer the power to take down a project violating the GPL. That's probably a quite good power for them to have. I don't see how that's a problem for anyone except if you currently are or wish you could violate the terms of the GPL.