Terms of Service
Clear, transparent terms governing your use of the PocketMC desktop client, source code repositories, and documentation website. PocketMC is distributed as free, open-source software under the permissive terms of the MIT License.
1. MIT License & Open Source Software Grant
Full grant of rights under the open-source MIT License.
The PocketMC desktop client and showcase website are open-source software distributed under the terms of the MIT License. You are free to view, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies of the software, subject to retaining the original copyright notice and permission notice in all substantial portions:
Copyright (c) 2026 PocketMC Contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
2. As-Is Provision & Warranty Disclaimer
PocketMC is provided free of charge without implied guarantees.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
In plain terms: PocketMC is a developer-driven local utility. While our maintainers prioritize reliability, automated crash safety, and chunk-integrity backup protocols, you run server software on your own computer hardware entirely at your own discretion.
3. Local Hosting & Server Administration Responsibilities
PocketMC is a local environment manager, not a commercial hosting provider.
Compute & System Maintenance
PocketMC does not supply server hardware, cloud VMs, or remote CPU capacity. You are solely responsible for:
- System memory allocation, cooling, and hardware stability.
- Operating system security updates and local antivirus exclusions.
- Maintaining adequate disk storage for world backups and logs.
Port Forwarding & Player Access
You retain full administrative control over network ingress and player permissions:
- Safeguarding server whitelist settings and OP permissions.
- Managing who is provided access to your public Playit.gg tunnel URLs.
- Configuring local router firewall rules when using UPnP port mapping.
Commercial Guidelines Compliance
By operating a Minecraft server instance through PocketMC, you agree to comply with:
- Mojang’s Minecraft End User License Agreement (EULA).
- Mojang Commercial Usage Guidelines for server monetization.
- Respecting intellectual property and server community standards.
Bandwidth & Power Consumption
Running continuous 24/7 server instances consumes electricity and residential network data:
- All ISP bandwidth caps and fair usage policies apply to your connection.
- Electricity costs remain the sole responsibility of the hardware owner.
- PocketMC provides idle auto-sleep features to minimize resource waste.
4. Third-Party Integrations & External Services
PocketMC interfaces with external software ecosystems governed by independent terms.
Adoptium & Upstream Engines
OpenJDK runtimes are retrieved from Eclipse Adoptium under the GPLv2 + Classpath Exception. Paper, Purpur, Fabric, Forge, BDS, and PocketMine-MP are subject to their respective project licenses.
Modrinth & CurseForge
Mods, plugins, datapacks, and shaderpacks installed via PocketMC remain the intellectual property of their respective creators and are subject to individual author licenses.
Playit.gg & Cloud Drives
Network tunneling services (Playit.gg) and cloud backup sync (Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox) are provided by third parties and governed by their terms and privacy policies.
5. Limitation of Liability
Explicit boundaries regarding world files and server availability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE MAINTAINERS, CONTRIBUTORS, OR AFFILIATED DEVELOPERS OF POCKETMC BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST GAME WORLDS, SERVER DOWNTIME, CORRUPTED CHUNK REGIONS, UNAUTHORIZED NETWORK ACCESS, HARDWARE DEGRADATION, OR LOSS OF DATA ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Legal Inquiries & Contributor Licensing
For legal notices, open-source compliance questions, or contributor licensing inquiries, please contact our core project desk directly at contactdslabs@gmail.com.