Maker plate AB–01 Charter and operating boundary
About OlderCraft
A version compatibility desk for Minecraft: Java Edition, operated with its sources and limits in view.
Charter / one job
Charter
OlderCraft answers one question — what still connects, and why — for Minecraft: Java Edition. It keeps a sourced release and protocol record, interprets it through a deterministic workbench, and documents the technical history that explains the breakpoints. It is a reference desk, not a magazine: pages change when facts change.
Scope register Know what this desk can establish
Boundaries
- Version facts
Release dates, protocol numbers, and confidence states belong in the sourced record.
- Compatibility classes
The workbench establishes stock protocol fit only. It cannot prove authentication, allowlist, mod, proxy, or bridge behavior.
- Live server state
No server is pinged here. Availability, latency, queue state, and installed software remain Unknown.
- Community history
The timeline covers technical release strata, not community testimony or server rankings.
Refusal / permanent
What this site refuses to do
- No game downloads, jar mirrors, or third-party launcher promotion.
- No fabricated reviewers, no invented compatibility promises, no “guaranteed to work.”
- No page-per-hostname scan results, no comparison spam, no arbitrary publishing cadence.
Policies: methodology, sources, corrections.