From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zach Brown <zach@zachbr.io>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 18:02:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Allow overriding the java version check

-DPaper.IgnoreJavaVersion=true

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
index a87a6583a1bd31a276a79c2cfb3c3ca4e749c3dc..e3b2b61e5f030080e481dc00d1086f723b8b97ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class Main {
             }
             if (javaVersion > 61.0) {
                 System.err.println("Unsupported Java detected (" + javaVersion + "). Only up to Java 17 is supported.");
-                return;
+                if (!Boolean.getBoolean("Paper.IgnoreJavaVersion")) return; // Paper
             }
 
             try {