Following on from the DMCA filed against CraftBukkit and Bukkit that took down the popular mod from the Internet and set the community asking questions about just what was happening, the situation surrounding Bukkit’s future seems to be growing ever grimmer.

Yesterday and tomorrow saw many of the prominent contributors and forum staff quit the project, some citing Mojang as being the chief reason for them no longer wishing to be involved with the project. In other news VuBui of Mojang posted a few days ago to attempt to calm the uproar on the Bukkit forum in which he explained that finding themselves having to take more charge of the project meant that they were trying to figure out how to fit it into their current work schedule.

“Deciding how we can best help Bukkit and the community is going to take time, patience and some further investigation into the Bukkit project as a whole. We are only just starting to get our heads around all of this but we are committed to doing so and ultimately we anticipate that the result will benefit all those involved.” he wrote in a topic on the Bukkit forum.

As of writing CraftBukkit has not yet been restored for download, nor has Mojang confirmed that the project is completely dead. Currently though, it isn’t looking good for its future.

Bukkit forum “Mojang and the Bukkit Project”: [x]