The Bug:
Some of the links under the "Third-party licenses" section in the Minecraft Launcher redirect to URLs that either contain a suspended domain, a typo in the protocol, a deleted subdirectory, or does not trigger at all.
Below is a table of all affected licenses as displayed in the Launcher, with descriptions of the underlying issue for each URL.
Affected Licenses:
License Title As Displayed in the Launcher | Current URL | Underlying Issue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
UTF8-CPP | hhttps://... | Typo in the URLs protocol. "hhttps://" should be "https://". | Fixed |
TinyXHML2 | The account for the domain has been suspended. |
| |
@sentry/minimal | https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/tree/master/packages/minimal | The URLs subdirectory "/minimal" no longer exist. The GitHub file was deleted on May 30, 2022. |
|
zlib |
| Missing link. |
|
shared_mutex |
| Missing link. |
|
Redux |
| Missing link. |
|
enquire.js |
| Missing link. |
|
h3. Steps to Reproduce:
Open the Launcher and go to "Settings" > "About" > "Third-party licenses".
Locate the affected links as listed in the table above.
Click on the links.
→ ❌ The redirects for zlib, shared_mutex, Redux, and enquire.js does not trigger.
→ ❌ The redirect to http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/ ends on http://www.grinninglizard.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi.
→ ❌ The redirect to https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/tree/master/packages/minimal ends on a 404 error page for a non-existent web page.
Observed Behavior:
The clicked links returns an invalid page leading to a 404 error, or is unable to be opened.
Expected Behavior:
The clicked links returns a valid page to the library corresponding to the license.
I can reproduce and confirm this behavior.