This is a parody EULA. Nothing here is legally binding. It is emotionally binding, though.

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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Version 1.0 | Effective Date: The moment you started reading this

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, or 20 seconds if you skim like a professional

"I've been writing and reading license agreements since before most of you were born. The GPL v2, the MIT license, the WTFPL... I've seen them all. This one's mine."

— The Graybeard

1. DEFINITIONS

  • "The Platform" refers to Max Power's Mod Shop, this website, its content, tutorials, and the questionable life choices that led to its creation.
  • "You" refers to the person reading this, presumably a human between the ages of 10 and 114 who wants to learn about servers, bots, and/or mods.
  • "Knowledge" refers to the dangerous substance we're about to put in your brain.
  • "Breaking Things" refers to the inevitable consequence of learning.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE

By accessing The Platform, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:

  • Learn things
  • Break things (on your own systems)
  • Fix the things you broke
  • Feel unreasonably proud when something finally works
  • Experience the full range of human emotions while debugging

3. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

We make no guarantees that:

  • You will become smarter (though you probably will)
  • Your code will work on the first try (it won't)
  • Your parents will understand what you're doing (they won't)
  • Your friends will be impressed (okay, they might be)
  • You won't accidentally mass-delete something important at 2am (you might)

4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances shall The Platform, its creators, contributors, or the fictional character known as "The Graybeard" be liable for:

  • Direct damages — including but not limited to: corrupted save files, accidentally deleted worlds, or Docker containers that refuse to stop
  • Indirect damages — including but not limited to: lost sleep, neglected homework, or an unhealthy obsession with terminal aesthetics
  • Consequential damages — including but not limited to: pursuing a career in software development, becoming "the computer person" in your family, or explaining to your grandparents what a "container" is for the 47th time
  • Existential damages — including but not limited to: realizing that all software is held together by duct tape and hope

5. ASSUMPTION OF RISK

You acknowledge and accept that learning to code and manage servers carries inherent risks, including:

  • The risk of actually understanding how computers work
  • The risk of becoming frustrated when things don't work
  • The risk of becoming even more frustrated when things work but you don't know why
  • The risk of breaking production (we told you to use a test environment)
  • The risk of saying "I'll just fix this one thing" at 11pm and looking up to find it's 3am

6. USER RESPONSIBILITIES

By using The Platform, you agree to:

  • Use your powers for good (or at least for Minecraft)
  • Not use anything you learn here to be a jerk to other people
  • Back up your stuff before trying new things
  • Ask for help when you're stuck (seriously, it's fine)
  • Remember that every expert was once a beginner who broke a lot of things
  • Touch grass occasionally

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The code you write while following our tutorials belongs to you. The knowledge in your brain is yours to keep. The mistakes you make are yours to learn from.

However, if you build something cool, we'd love to hear about it. Not legally required. Just nice.

8. PRIVACY

We store your progress locally in your browser. We don't track you across the internet. We don't sell your data. We don't even really want your data—we have enough of our own problems.

(If you're under 13 in the US or under the applicable age in your country, please use this site with a parent or guardian's knowledge. They might even learn something too.)

9. TERMINATION

You may stop using The Platform at any time by closing your browser tab. We may discontinue The Platform at any time by mass-deleting something at 2am (see Section 3).

10. GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of common sense and the universal programmer's code of "don't be a jerk." In the event of a dispute, we recommend taking a walk, getting a snack, and remembering that we're all just trying to make computers do things.

11. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. Much like how your code continues to run even when half of it is commented out and you're not sure why.

12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and The Platform. Any promises made by the fictional narrator about you becoming a "DevOps wizard" are aspirational, not contractual.

13. AMENDMENTS

We reserve the right to update, modify, or completely rewrite this Agreement at any time, for any reason, including but not limited to: boredom, legal advice, or thinking of a better joke.

We are currently working on an RFC 1149-compliant method of notifying users of changes to these terms. Unfortunately, our avian carriers keep flying south when it gets cold, and the packet loss rate during migration season is unacceptable. We're also having trouble with the TTL (Time To Live) field—turns out pigeons have a longer lifespan than most network packets, which causes routing issues.

Until we resolve these technical challenges, please check back occasionally, or don't. We're not your parents.

ACCEPTANCE

By continuing to use The Platform, scrolling past this page, or having read even a single tutorial, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement.

You also acknowledge that you probably didn't read all of this, which is fine. Nobody reads EULAs. But if you did make it this far: nice. You're exactly the kind of thorough person who's going to do well with this stuff.

(Both buttons do the same thing. We just wanted you to feel like you had a choice.)

Last updated: Whenever we last thought of something funny to add

Now go build something.

— The Graybeard, who has broken more servers than you ever will

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