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MinestoreCMS by Minestore is a CMS for managing payments for Minecraft game servers. The original license was advertised as "Pay once, use forever." with the additional promise of future updates being included. Fast forward and the original CEO of Minestore resigned and a new CEO took over and decided to change the licensing terms without users consent.^[1]

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MinestoreCMS is a Content Management System for processing payments specifically for the game Minecraft. It offers a lot of customization options and allows you to easily create "packages" for selling virtual goods ingame. Customers could buy perpetual licenses as evidenced by an older version of the official website that you can visit using the Wayback Machine^[1], that did not mention any time limitations or a subscription model.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "MINESTORE CMS | Home Page (archived in 2021)". Minestore CMS. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "MINESTORE CMS | Home Page (archived in 2021)". Minestore CMS. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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+MinestoreCMS by Minestore is a CMS for managing payments for Minecraft game servers. The original license was advertised as "Pay once, use forever." with the additional promise of future updates being included. Fast forward and the original CEO of Minestore resigned and a new CEO took over and decided to change the licensing terms without users consent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MINESTORE CMS {{!}} Home Page (archived in 2021) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114185800/http://minestorecms.com/#slide-1 |access-date=7 September 2025 |website=Minestore CMS}}</ref>
 ==Background==
 {{Placeholder box|Information about the product/service history to provide the necessary context surrounding the incident}}
-MinestoreCMS is a Content Management System for processing payments specifically for the game Minecraft. It offers a lot of customization options and allows you to easily create "packages" for selling virtual goods ingame. Customers could buy perpetual licenses as evidenced by an older version of the official website that you can visit using the Wayback Machine, that did not mention any time limitations or a subscription model.
+MinestoreCMS is a Content Management System for processing payments specifically for the game Minecraft. It offers a lot of customization options and allows you to easily create "packages" for selling virtual goods ingame. Customers could buy perpetual licenses as evidenced by an older version of the official website that you can visit using the Wayback Machine<ref name=":0" />, that did not mention any time limitations or a subscription model.
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