Rabid Minecraft Mod License
Version 1.0
RMML-1.0

Copyright (c) 2026 trashpanda027

This software is licensed under the Rabid Minecraft Mod License, Version 1.0.

This license is intended for Minecraft mods. It allows personal use, personal modification, contribution to the official project, and credited ports to other Minecraft modloaders. It does not allow people to rebrand, republish, or redistribute the mod as their own work.

This is a source-available license. It is not an open-source license.

1. Definitions

“Software” means the Minecraft mod, including its source code, compiled files, build scripts, configuration files, documentation, textures, models, sounds, data files, metadata, and any other files distributed with the project.

“Mod” means the Software as designed for use with Minecraft.

“Copyright Holder” means the person or entity that owns the copyright in the Software.

“Official Project” means the original project, repository, distribution page, or release channel controlled by the Copyright Holder.

“You” means any person or entity who accesses, downloads, copies, modifies, runs, contributes to, ports, or otherwise uses the Software.

“Modification” means any change, adaptation, patch, addition, deletion, refactor, translation, update, compatibility change, bug fix, or derivative work based on the Software.

“Personal Use” means use by You for private, non-commercial purposes, including use on Your own computer, private development environment, or private Minecraft client or server. Personal Use does not include publishing, uploading, distributing, selling, sublicensing, rebranding, or making the Software or a Modification available to others.

“Redistribution” means making the Software, a copy of the Software, a Modification, a compiled build, a fork, a port, or any derivative work based on the Software available to any third party, whether publicly or privately, whether for free or for payment.

“Port” means a version of the Software adapted to run on a different Minecraft modloader, Minecraft platform, Minecraft version, or related compatibility environment.

“Authorized Port” means a Port that complies with Section 5 of this license.

“Contribution” means any code, asset, documentation, translation, issue fix, patch, pull request, idea, suggestion, or other material submitted to the Copyright Holder or the Official Project for possible inclusion in the Software.

2. License Grant for Personal Use

Subject to the terms of this license, the Copyright Holder grants You a limited, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to:

a. view and study the Software;

b. download and store a copy of the Software;

c. run the Software for Personal Use;

d. modify the Software for Personal Use;

e. compile the Software for Personal Use;

f. use Your own private Modifications for Personal Use; and

g. use the Software in a private Minecraft client or private Minecraft server environment.

No other rights are granted except as expressly stated in this license.

3. Personal Modification

You may modify the Software for Personal Use.

You may use personal Modifications however You want for Personal Use, including testing, debugging, learning, private gameplay, private compatibility changes, and private server use.

You may not publish, upload, distribute, share, sell, sublicense, rebrand, or otherwise make personal Modifications available to others unless this license expressly allows it.

4. Contributions to the Official Project

You may contribute to the Official Project by submitting Contributions through an official contribution channel approved by the Copyright Holder, such as an official repository, issue tracker, pull request, discussion page, email address, or other approved method.

By submitting a Contribution, You grant the Copyright Holder a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, relicense, sell, and otherwise exploit the Contribution as part of the Software or any related project.

You represent that:

a. You have the legal right to submit the Contribution;

b. the Contribution does not knowingly violate another person’s rights;

c. the Contribution may be included in the Software; and

d. the Copyright Holder is not required to compensate You, credit You beyond what the Copyright Holder chooses to provide, or include the Contribution.

The Copyright Holder may accept, reject, edit, remove, relicense, or modify any Contribution at their discretion.

5. Ports to Other Minecraft Modloaders

You may create and redistribute a Port of the Software to another Minecraft modloader or Minecraft compatibility environment only if the Port complies with all of the following conditions:

a. The Port must clearly credit the original Mod and the Copyright Holder.

b. The Port must clearly state that it is a port of the original Mod.

c. The Port must not claim to be the original Mod unless the Copyright Holder has given explicit written permission.

d. The Port must not claim that You are the original creator of the Mod.

e. The Port must not be distributed under a misleading name that suggests it is unrelated to the original Mod.

f. The Port must preserve this license and all copyright notices.

g. The Port must include a visible notice identifying the original Mod, the Copyright Holder, and the original source or official distribution page when reasonably possible.

h. The Port must not use the original Mod’s name, branding, logos, icons, or identity in a way that suggests official endorsement unless the Copyright Holder has given explicit written permission.

i. The Port must be distributed under this same license unless the Copyright Holder gives explicit written permission to use different terms.

j. The Port must not be sold, paywalled, sublicensed, or commercially exploited without explicit written permission from the Copyright Holder.

A compliant Port may identify itself using wording such as:

“Unofficial port of [Original Mod Name] for [Modloader], originally created by [Copyright Holder].”

or:

“[Original Mod Name] — Unofficial [Modloader] Port. Original mod by [Copyright Holder].”

6. Redistribution Restrictions

Except for Authorized Ports under Section 5, You may not redistribute the Software or any Modification.

You may not:

a. upload, publish, mirror, rehost, or share the Software or any Modification;

b. distribute compiled builds of the Software or any Modification;

c. distribute the Software under Your own name;

d. represent the Software or a Modification as Your own original work;

e. remove or obscure copyright, attribution, or license notices;

f. sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Software;

g. distribute the Software as part of another mod, plugin, library, or project;

h. publish a fork as a competing or replacement version of the original Mod;

i. use a different project name to avoid the attribution requirements of this license; or

j. distribute a modified version in a way that creates confusion about the original source, authorship, or official status of the Mod.

7. Modpacks, Launchers, and Bundles

You may not include the Software or any Modification in a public modpack, launcher, installer, server pack, client pack, mod bundle, curated collection, marketplace listing, or similar distribution without explicit written permission from the Copyright Holder.

This restriction does not prevent You from using the Software in a private modpack or private Minecraft instance for Personal Use.

8. Attribution Requirements

Any permitted public distribution under this license, including an Authorized Port, must include reasonable and visible attribution.

Attribution must include:

a. the original Mod name;

b. the Copyright Holder’s name or chosen credit;

c. a statement that the work is based on or ported from the original Mod;

d. a copy of this license; and

e. a link to the Official Project when reasonably possible.

Attribution must not be hidden, misleading, or placed only in a location that ordinary users are unlikely to see.

9. Name, Branding, and Identity

This license does not grant You ownership of the original Mod name, project name, logos, icons, branding, trademarks, service marks, or identity of the Copyright Holder.

You may use the original Mod name only as necessary to provide accurate attribution or to identify an Authorized Port.

You may not use the original Mod name, branding, or identity in a way that suggests Your project is official, endorsed, sponsored, maintained, or approved by the Copyright Holder unless You have explicit written permission.

10. Commercial Use

You may not sell, rent, lease, sublicense, monetize, commercially host, commercially distribute, or otherwise commercially exploit the Software or any Modification without explicit written permission from the Copyright Holder.

This includes selling access to modified builds, paid downloads, paid ports, paid modpack inclusion, paid launcher inclusion, or paid private distributions.

11. No Sublicensing

You may not sublicense the Software or any Modification.

You may not place the Software or any Modification under another license unless You have explicit written permission from the Copyright Holder.

Authorized Ports must remain subject to this license unless the Copyright Holder gives explicit written permission otherwise.

12. Third-Party Components

The Software may depend on or include third-party libraries, APIs, tools, game assets, modloader APIs, Minecraft-related dependencies, or other third-party materials.

Those third-party materials are governed by their own licenses and terms.

This license does not grant rights to Minecraft, Mojang, Microsoft, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt, or any other third-party software, platform, API, trademark, or service.

13. Ownership

The Software is licensed, not sold.

The Copyright Holder retains all rights, title, and interest in the Software except for the limited rights expressly granted by this license.

No rights are granted by implication, waiver, or estoppel.

14. Separate Written Permission

The Copyright Holder may grant additional permissions, exceptions, commercial licenses, redistribution permissions, modpack permissions, branding permissions, or other rights in a separate written agreement.

Any separate permission must be explicit and in writing.

Silence, lack of enforcement, public availability of the source code, acceptance of Contributions, or failure to object does not grant permission beyond this license.

15. Termination

This license terminates automatically if You violate any term of this license.

Upon termination, You must immediately stop using, modifying, compiling, and distributing the Software and any Modification.

Upon termination, You must delete or destroy all copies of the Software and Modifications in Your possession or control, except where retention is required by law.

Sections relating to ownership, redistribution restrictions, attribution, contributions, warranty disclaimers, limitation of liability, and termination survive termination of this license.

16. Disclaimer of Warranty

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, COMPATIBILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL WORK WITH ANY VERSION OF MINECRAFT, ANY MODLOADER, ANY SERVER, ANY CLIENT, ANY OPERATING SYSTEM, OR ANY OTHER MOD.

17. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS, LIABILITY, COST, OR EXPENSE ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE, THIS LICENSE, OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE.

THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; LOSS OF DATA; LOSS OF PROFITS; BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; SERVER ISSUES; CLIENT ISSUES; CORRUPTED WORLDS; SECURITY ISSUES; COMPATIBILITY ISSUES; OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, EVEN IF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

18. No Support Obligation

The Copyright Holder has no obligation to provide support, updates, bug fixes, compatibility patches, ports, documentation, build help, modloader support, Minecraft version updates, or other assistance.

19. Severability

If any provision of this license is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

20. Entire Agreement

This license is the entire agreement between You and the Copyright Holder regarding the Software unless replaced or supplemented by a separate written agreement from the Copyright Holder.

21. Contact for Permission

Requests for redistribution, commercial use, modpack inclusion, launcher inclusion, branding permission, sublicensing, or other permissions must be sent to:

rabidraccoon027 @ discord

No permission is granted unless the Copyright Holder gives explicit written approval.